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Pictur attached is my tryhard "observatory", located at my Folk's house in the hills behind Townsville. Sitting on the pier is an old Celestron SLT mount from Ebay. The tracking head has sat there covered by a metal bucket and painter's sheet since October last year. The bucket protects from rain, and the sheet stops the dust. Worth noting that it gets to 36deg C during Summer. So far it's never disappointed us. Mum's 5" AstroFi OTA stays inside the house, and we just screw it onto the mount when needed.
Not sure how clever/long term this is, but we'll see.
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