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Originally Posted by appiice
Hello Rodney
That is a great design and for a computer guy well built 8-)!!
Did I miss how do you hold it down in strong winds?
I just bought one of those little Ocean Controls rain sensors, I let you know when it is here - you might be interested, I too went to do some imaging last night but the gremlins stopped the electrons to the shutter motor 8-(((
Best regards
Ed
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Hi Ed, I did work on the design of the observatory but the construction was left to a builder colleague who is also an amateur astronomer. For wind management, there is an interlocking bar on the side of the moving shed that engages when the shed is closed. One piece of work that I must do is to replicate this for when the observatory is open. When I was operating things manually I would simply strap down the shed during the imaging session. Obviously I can’t do that now so I need to address this.
That is good that you are picking up one of the rain sensors, I will definitely follow what you are doing.
CS
Rodney