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Old 10-01-2014, 07:07 AM
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rmuhlack (Richard)
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I don't have a permanent setup either, but similar to what the others have mentioned I will leave my scopes set up in the backyard if the weather is forecast to be fine for several days in a row, shading them with a "toilet tent" and towels during the day.

Once the image is framed and focussed I turn on the mount limits in EQMOD and then leave it running unattended. Getting up in the middle of the night for a meridian flip and to re-frame/focus (or even worse, staying up until the meridian flip has occurred) has been tiring and it inevitably will wake my wife as well which is not ideal. I have since been looking into SGPro to provide automated plate solving/framing/meridian flips to address this. A permanent obs that can accommodate two mounts would be perfect and something to look forward to one day.
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