Review of Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer 21 Pro Pack

INTRODUCTION TO PRODUCT

Name: Star Adventurer 2i Pro Pack
Obtain:  Amazon
From: Sky-Watcher

What’s in the SKY-WATCHER STAR ADVENTURER 2i PRO PACK BOX.

• 1 x Sky Watcher Star Adventurer Motorised Mount.
• 1 x Equatorial Wedge Base.
• 1 x Declination Bracket.
• 1 x Dove Tail L Bracket.
• 1 x Counter Weight Shaft.
• 1 x 1kg Counter Weight.
• 1 x Polar Scope Illuminator.
• 1 x Ball Head Adapter.
• 1 x Cable for linking the mount to the camera.

The Star Adventurer Motorized Mount Guider.

What Can The Star Adventurer 2i Do?

The Star Adventurer can make astrophotography even easier for both the beginner and experienced amateur astronomer.

With built in WiFi this allows smart phone control using Sky-Watcher’s free Syn Scan Pro app.

The Wi-Fi systems allows hands free DLSR shutter control.

The Star Adventurer allows multiple preprogramed tracking rates for Solar, Luna and Stellar photography.

The Star Adventurer has a built in polar scope which allows for precise polar alignment. A polar scope illuminator is also included in the pack to help polar aligning.

Powered by four AA batteries, which gives approx 72 hours of use. or can be powered by external source using a micro USB.

The software has a free lifetime free firmware updates.

Putting It All Together

Upon opening the box you may wonder “how do I put this together?” Luckily, the pack comes with a manual that fully explains how to put the Star Adventurer together.

There are number of good bloggers on YouTube who explain how to put the Star Adventurer together and give further advice on how you can improve your experience with the Star Adventurer.

I can recommend the following:

• Peter Zelinka
• Nico Carver
• Kamil Pekala
• Sarah Maths.

This is not a conclusive list, there are many more on YouTube. Just type in the search bar of YouTube ‘Star Adventurer’ and you should be presented with a multitude of choices, but these were the ones I watched when I first started using my Star Adventurer.

Conclusion

I have used my Star Adventurer about three years now. It took me around a day to put it together and, understand how it works.

It is a very versatile piece of equipment. It tracks well up to five minute exposures. I personally, have not gone longer but others tell me that it does very good for ten minutes. Using this exposure length is only good for deep sky or nebula photography. I have found it better to do more shorter length exposure’s at around two to three minute long.

When you start to use your Star Adventurer more you will find that you will need more equipment. One of the first important items to get is a strong sturdy mount. Nothing is more annoying that have your equipment shake in the wind, or collapse because it is not strong enough to hold your equipment. Sky-Watcher offer a very sturdy mount designed for the Star Adventurer and is the one I use.

Sky-Watcher equipment can be purchased at various astronomical outlets. Such as Amazon and 365Astronomy.