Hi Antoine and Dalia! This may be a little difficult to describe, not sure if you'll have an answer, but thought I'd ask here before calling OPT -
Angelica wants to be able to sit in the house with her iPad while I'm outside in the cold with the telescope, watching what I'm looking at through the telescope (usually our 8" Orion reflector). What would you recommend as a less-expensive way to do this? I'm looking at a monochrome camera, these usually connect (wires) to one computer. Is there anything that broadcasts via WiFi or other so several computers can watch at once?
I an probably figure something out with RemoteDesktop if needed, but thought if anyone else had already solved this I'd love to hear what they did.
We're still loving what you do, and all the personality you two bring to it! Thanks!!!
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Hi Mike!
Not sure what your current setup is, but there is indeed some ways to do this:
1) With the laptop, share the screen to the iPad or to the TV using AirPlay or something similar for Windows (haven't tried to the iPad but it works well with the TV for sure).
2) Get the ASIAir. You will then be able to both look and control everything from the iPad inside the house. You can also cast what you see to the TV but not sure if you can do it to a second iPad at the same time.
3) If you are outside with the laptop (connected to the home WiFi), Angelica can use the iPad and connect to the laptop using either RemoteDesktop or AnyDesk or TeamViewer.... there are several options.
I use AnyDesk (my favorite but they're all good) to connect to the outside laptop whenever I need to check on what's going on. I usually do that using my iPad from inside the house :) You just have to tell Angelica to not touch the iPad screen once connected or she might accidentally click on something or move the mouse on the laptop. There might be an option to activate "view only" somewhere.
As for the camera, you should be able to connect a DSLR to the laptop (SGP, NINA, Backyard EOS...), but if you are looking into monochrome cameras, yes they also easily connect to a laptop, don't hesitate to let me know if you need help choosing a camera :)
Hope this helps,
Antoine