Upgrading from dwarf3: choosing between ASIAir, Stellavita, or RB Focus Gaius-S2

If you already have a ZWO AM5 Mount, then ASI Air is probably a very good option as both products are matched and compatible. I am already an user of both products and the performance is satisfactory.

My impression of Touptek StellaVita is that it is more open and flexible and can support multiple hardware products. Uses the ASCOM interface and some reports I have read about it are good. I am told that Autoguiding function on StellaVita is quite good whereas ASI Air uses a scaled down version of PHD2

There are several videos on YouTube from Cuiv and others which have compared both these products which you can look before deciding

As regards camera since you are interested in 585 sensor and mono, the ZWO 585 MM Pro is a good option and can be seamlessly connected with ASI Air . Am assuming you will use the necessary filters and filterwheel for image acquisition.

I use OSC and the 533 sensor and have the ZWO 533 MC Pro cooled camera and the performance is good

Hope this helps

Thanks for the answers!!

But right after I posted this someone listed a 5 month old ASIAir for 200€ 🤣

So I had no choice 🤣

I found NINA pretty easy to set up and use with all the guidance from YouTubers, especially Cuive the lazy geek, who has a great set of recent vids that cover everything from installation of all the necessary components, to setting it up and using it step by step. I’ve only just completed my third image, so I’m telling you this from the perspective of a zero start newb.

I would personally go with the Gaius, because I want to use NINA and I’ll probably go that way, or with the substantially more expensive Eagle, for that reason. Currently I’m using NINA on an i7 laptop which sucks a lot of battery and the processing power is completely unnecessary.