Wi-Fi and SynScan
Startravel 102 AZ-GTe is a great way to explore the heavens using a smartphone or tablet. A red LED light flashes when a mobile device connects to the on-board Wi-Fi adaptor. Download the free SynScan app for iOS or Android to control the system from your device via a simple user interface. The app has up to 10,000 objects in its database covering a wide range of the most popular targets. Alignment is easy and there’s an option to align with each object once located in the eyepiece, which helps with greater accuracy for targets nearby. Android users can also connect with the SkySafari Planetarium app but Apple users should note that two devices are needed, the first running the SynScan app, the second running SkySafari; once done, though, we found it worked fine.