A $300 PC and SGP

Another chime: I have been very happy with the Intel Compute Stick that’s attached to my telescope with velcro.

It’s only an Atom Z chip and has only 2 GB of RAM, but runs SGP, PHD2, PlateSolve, ANSVR, and TheSkyX just fine under Windows 10.

There are only 2 USB ports (1 x USB2 & 1 x USB3). I also have a rigrunner for distributing 12v and a powered USB hub on top of the scope. I connect to the mount via wifi, so there’s just a single 12v cable coming up from the ground. Everything else rotates with the scope. I control everything via TeamViewer and save my frames on a 64 GB micro-SD card.

The stick PC weighs just 2 ounces and costs only $122. It’s barely visible end-on in the attached picture, velcro’d to the back of the USB hub.

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