Ordered the NexRemote control software from TelescopePlanet.co.uk, it hasn’t turned up yet so can’t comment on their service, paid £95 which was £10 cheaper than Amazon or Green Witch. Paid an additional £4.95 for next day delivery, standard delivery is free but I couldn’t find out how it would be despatched or what the likely timescale for receipt would be. The software replicates the handset functions on a PC or laptop and comes with the necessary cable to hook it up to the SLT. Also comes with the serial to USB cable which I guess I can use together and extend the length of the run to the laptop to control the ‘scope. The only worry being which will hit the floor first when I trip over the cable, £300 worth of laptop or telescope? The cables also allow updating of the handset software, which I feel should have come as standard.
Did think long and hard about whether to get this or put a little more in and get a couple of higher spec eyepieces. I suspect that a ‘proper’ astronomer would have gone for the eyepieces but I am what I am, and that’s a bit of a computer nerd as well as someone with an interest in astronomy and the software allows the combination of two of my favourite hobbies.
