Aaaaaaaaaaand we’re back in business! 😉 Clear skies, everyone! Karen AP

Wade- I use a wifi bridge to simulate an ethernet connection to my observatory. Costs about $90. I use Ubiquite Nanostation M2 but TPLink has good products as well, both are cheap. Mine works very

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Model servos move really fast. My Arduino program introduces a 10-millisecond delay per degree over the 145-degree movement, so it takes 1.45 seconds to open or close a cap. The delay can be

Really nice writeup Mike! i bookmarked it for future reference. I noted your DIY telescope caps. Boy those are fast! Brian -- Brian Brian Valente portfolio brianvalentephotography.com

Excellent idea. Roland

Thanks, Roland. We learned a lot from the first one, and Louise insisted on doing it right. My intent was to apply siding directly to the wall studs, but she required 5/8" sheathing and Tyvec house

Hi John, A Verify measures but does not modify the loaded pointing model. To do that, it turns on pointing and tracking rate corrections. No, it just measures pointing errors. APPM turns on

The eagle pier is not meant for the 1600. We have 10" diameter piers for the larger mounts. They come in several lengths, depending on what scope you have. For a short SCT type, I would recommend

That's a beautiful observatory. Very practical. Roland

Ray, I usually set up anew each night but this past week we had a couple of nights in a row that were clear. I left the Mach2 set up for a couple of nights. I had built a small model (33 points)

Nice looking setup. -- Dean Jacobsen Astrobin Image Gallery - https://www.astrobin.com/users/deanjacobsen/

Hi Linda congratulations on your new Tak TOA-130, I use similar combination but with a Avalon T-Pod 130 (reason I bought 130, it was only available to be shipped out quickly). I acquired Mach 1 from

Thanks for the info Ray. -- Dean Jacobsen Astrobin Image Gallery - https://www.astrobin.com/users/deanjacobsen/

And to be clear, you don't need to purchase a subscription renewal to get the bug fixes and minor feature improvements in 1.9. Those are free! -Ray

Hi Dean, The All-Sky model calculates pointing terms that are influenced by points throughout the sky. Usually, this works well, but sometimes there are localized, unmodelled factors. The Dec Arc

Hi Jerry, > I realize I have that checked, BUT, I also come to realize that the ACP model script shuts the mount down first, > but Maxim and the camera keep running for a while to allow the chip

Simply Beautiful Roland!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Pete

Ray, I realize I have that checked, BUT, I also come to realize that the ACP model script shuts the mount down first, but Maxim and the camera keep running for a while to allow the chip to warm

Alright, here's 30 minutes of me talking about it: https://youtu.be/TOUqKZXJyUs