I had previously used the company's SkyFi 2 WiFi and SkyBT Bluetooth devices, so I was keen to check out the SkyFi III. I recently tried out the SkyFi III Wireless Telescope Controller from Simulation Curriculum. But operating your telescope by remote control takes that to another level.

Let's face it - computerized GoTo telescopes, which locate and track objects automatically in the night sky, are already cool and fun.

And Orion's StarSeek and its corresponding StarSeek 5 app use the same Simulation Curriculum technology. Meade's Stella Wi-fi Adapter is a rebranded version of the same hardware, and the company's StellaAccess app has SkySafari under the hood. For example, Simulation Curriculum's new SkyFi III Wireless Telescope Controller integrates with the company's SkySafari 5 app and Starry Night desktop software to control many GoTo telescopes. One way to approach this problem is to link your telescope to an astronomy app and control it wirelessly with your phone.Ī number of vendors make hardware and software that let you remotely steer computerized GoTo telescopes. But how do you find out which objects are available when you are observing? And what do you do if that newly discovered comet or asteroid is not in your telescope's internal database? Perhaps you'd like to see a star known to host orbiting exoplanets, but your telescope can't find that star.

A backyard computerized GoTo telescope can automatically locate just about anything a beginner skywatcher might want to see.

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