S&T Test Report by Rod Mollise Smart Astronomy: The NexStar Evolution 9.25 Celestron changes the game with complete Wi-Fi controls. Celestron NexStar Evolution 9.25 U.S. Price: $2,199 celestron.com What We Like Excellent optics Robust Wi-Fi interface What We Didn't Like Confusing manual WHETHER I'M SURFING Facebook or just talking to friends, my smartphone and I are inseparable - that is, until it's time to use a telescope. There are ways to use an iPhone or Android device to send a computerized telescope to sky objects, but until recently add-on cables and boxes were required. That's changed with the introduction of Celestron's NexStar Evolution series of SchmidtCassegrain telescopes. Fork-mounted Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes have long been a mainstay in the amateur market, offering portability and generous aperture in a compact package. One of the big attractions of mass-produced Schmidt-Cassegrains is that they tend to be in the forefront of technological advances, and that is certainly true of Celestron's Evolution line of SCTs. This new series fully integrates the company's computerized Go To telescopes with the electronic devices most everybody owns these days. The next step in the "evolution" of the SCT? We looked at the Evolution 9.25 to see. t The Celestron NexStar Evolution series of Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes provides generous aperture in a compact package, with the addition of fully integrated smart device control. 60 M A Y 2 0 1 7 * SK Y & TELESCOPE ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE AU THOR. Less stable than double-armed fork mountshttp://www.celestron.com