A UPS big and powerful enough to close the roof, along with running all of your gear. Preferably one that supports standard, big, external, lead-acid batteries. Check out the Monnit remote monitoring

Mice can get through any space larger than 3/8 inch! Copper "Mouse-mesh" works well to fill small holes and gaps. They can chew through plastic and wood. Barn cats work too. Woody

We had some in our Illinois observatory. Didn't work, but regular mouse traps do. With peanut butter. We also installed some ultrasonic repellers in our Hawaii observatory where mice are a real

Hi A friend installed an SSD and Win10 on my old laptop which turned out to be a great improvement. Unfortunalely Pempro is no longer on the machine. I have the disk that came with the mount in

I have heard that the ultrasonic varmint repellers work pretty well. You might also try mounting an owl decoy on the roof of your observatory.

Awesome! Thanks Dominique. -- Dean Jacobsen http://astrophoto.net/wp/ Image Gallery - http://astrophoto.net/wp/image-gallery/ Astrobin - https://www.astrobin.com/users/deanjacobsen/

Thank you for answering. If not too complicated, it might be worth considering in an upgrade?

Hi Dean, Personally with a QHY294c (4/3 color) on the AP130 or the C11HD I have no problem to model with SGP / Platesolve2. I only take a 1/2 of the sensor on the AP130.

Some methods to deter and neutralize critters? Michael

Hi Morten, Currently, there isn't a way to do that, but it should be possible to implement either in firmware or via a multi-step slew in APCC. -Ray Gralak Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command

Hi Bob, Sorry, I somehow missed this post: When APCC is connected to a THUM device or an ASCOM Observable conditions driver, the temperature entry box will become non-editable and display the

Hi Dean, You wrote: Yes, that is correct. -Ray Gralak Author of APCC (Astro-Physics Command Center): https://www.astro-physics.com/apcc-pro Author of PEMPro V3: https://www.ccdware.com Author of

interesting that just 10mm would do that-- Brian Brian Valente portfolio brianvalentephotography.com

Hi Eric, Private message back to you. Just wanted to let you know that you need to keep track of NM's COVID restrictions.  Currently all travelers entering the state are required to quarantine for

As noted, rodents are a potential problem. But please don't use glue traps. They are horribly indiscriminate and will kill creatures that will happily eat mice, or a least won't bother your equipment.

Resolved this problem. The Gerd Neumann ships with a 10mm adapter, and the inside of that adapter was too reflective/shiny. I flocked it with some flocking paper and the problem is resolved.

Will you have someone nearby to assist with troubleshooting and repairs? No such thing as autonomous. If it can fail, it will. Speaking from experience. jg

Mouse traps. Lots of mouse traps. ;^) Rolando

Rat killing equipment and stainless braided hoses for the cables. -- benoit

My new observatory in NM is almost ready and I hope to drive there in October with my equipment to set it up. I have a mount (1100GTO-AEL) and telescope, plus a PC/monitor to control it remotely, and