Smart telescopes are app-controlled devices that replace eyepieces with image sensors and use plate-solving to find night sky targets automatically. They're incredibly easy to set up and are a great option for first-time stargazers. The fall and winter night sky in the Northern Hemisphere is a playground for astrophotography, with Orion’s glowing nebulas, the glittering Pleiades and the Andromeda Galaxy riding high. When the sky is clear, it can have atmospheric clarity like at no other time of year, but how can you make the most of long winter nights if you live in an urban area where light pollution drowns out the stars?

Using a smart telescope to automatically slew to your chosen subject, the device will then live-stack hundreds of short exposures in real-time, boosting faint details w

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