Q&A for Sky Watcher 12in .Flextube 300P SynScan GoTo Collapsible Dobsonian Telescope S11820

Sky Watcher 12in .Flextube 300P SynScan GoTo Collapsible Dobsonian Telescope S11820

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transpower, guest, from PA, United States, asked on August 03, 2020

Can a laptop with appropriate software make this telescope track a celestial object so as to enable astrophotography?

Answered by Wilderness, member, from WA, United States, on October 17, 2021

No
it won't ever be good enough for EQ tracking
even short exposure shots will show star trails
best to spend a bit more at get a Newtonian telescope on a what's called
A German Equatorial go to mount
flawless tracking that will precisely track objects for hours and thousand of images that can be stacked and rendered as a single image that looks like the Hubble was at your disposal

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Bill, guest, from FL, United States, asked on July 16, 2020

Is this Telescope Wi-fi enabled?

Answered by Wilderness, member, from WA, United States, on October 17, 2021

No it isn't
it won't track
it won't communicate

you really want an EQ GO TO
MOUNT with a Newtonian mirror reflector telescope �
sit inside and enter 46000 objects ID numbers and it Skews over to them and can take astropics for a bigger part of the whole Starry starry
NIGHT

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Dan, guest, from CT, United States, asked on December 27, 2018

How much does this telescope weigh?

Answered by JD, guest, from CA, United States, on January 29, 2019

Weight 46.2 lb / 21.0 kg (OTA)
53.0 lb / 24.0 kg (Mount)
99.2 lb / 45.0 kg (Fully Assembled)

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Q&A for Sky Watcher 12in .Flextube 300P SynScan GoTo Collapsible Dobsonian Telescope S11820 — 3 Questions & 3 Answers

Can a laptop with appropriate software make this telescope track a celestial object so as to enable astrophotography?

Is this Telescope Wi-fi enabled?

How much does this telescope weigh?