A fool and his eclipse tools

[h0ughy]

Well i have now finalised my eclipse setup. its taken a while and taken a lot of thought - but i have narrowed it down to two lightweight travel setups.

both dual cameras, on a losmandy Starlapse and now the Astrotrac. Both rigs driven by the macbook air 11 driven by solar eclipse maestro

both being packed now - yet to make my filters, will do so tonight.

LOL Alan is packed and ready to go - he has 270grams left on his 40kg limit (with some of my gear ;) ) and 2kg in the backpack carryon. i have yet to measure the gear but i suspect it will be as close;):rofl:

[sheeny]

Looks good Dave!

I wish I could go...

Al.

[h0ughy]

I am sorry you cant go either Al :sadeyes:- but someone has to moderate the forum ;):rofl:

[spacezebra]

Looking good there David. Excellent setup.

You know that we will be now be expecting greatness from you! (unless cloud gets in the way).:D

See ya in QLD.:)

Cheers Petra d.

[allan gould]

Best of luck and I wish no clouds for you.
Allan

[h0ughy]

thanks petra



really hope so. thanks Al

[acropolite]

Nice setup Dave, one can never have too many black cameras...:rofl:

[h0ughy]

yes isnt that the truth:rofl:

[tlgerdes]

Still got one point of failure being your Macbook.

Dig up an old laptop and load copies of everything on it as well and test it.

[jjjnettie]

:) You excited much?
See you up there.

[h0ughy]

already have that - but eclipse orcvhestrator pro still wont run the cameras the way they should be , so i can use setnc - but only with one camera - so thats the fallback - that and a bulb setting and some manual shots:shrug:

[h0ughy]

no not me - sleep is hard to get;), clouds frighten me:help:, packing the bags frightens me:rofl:

[OzEclipse]

Houghy

Looks good! I especially like the observatory dome. Should keep you out of those early morning winds :lol:

Joe

[h0ughy]

its a bit hard to pack on the plane;):rofl:

[04Stefan07]

Which model of Macbook air you got? Just curious cause I got one too, Late 2010 11" model I got.

[h0ughy]

yep 2010 with 4gig and 128ssd

[strongmanmike]

Good luck Dave but I think you need me...do you think I will fit in that final 270g's of Alan's :question:....

Mike

[h0ughy]

sure:D:P by the time i finish packing mine i think i may need it though:rofl: as i now have one more camera then when i first measured the case sort of packed :help:

i think lots of pockets may help:question:

[RB]

:rofl:
Isn't it about time you and Houghmiester write an ebook on the subject?

Good luck Davo, that looks awesome, wish I could be up there with you next next week.

Good luck, clear skies !

RB

[xstream]

Looking good Dave, see you up there. :thumbsup:

[steve000]

And I thought my setup was nuts

[anthony.tony]

And You'll Be KneeDeep In a Spread of Humanity 50,000 Plus-From All Walks of Life..Make sure you Use a Good Deodorant. - Have Fun - Tony.

[Phil Hart]

Great.. a bit more portable than my setup.. which is why mine has been freighted up already!

So where are you staying/planning to observe?

Phil
0438 037 567

[h0ughy]

Ahh yes you could be right;) but if we give the secret out it wont be our secret anymore:P

thanks for the good luck - we need it. get well soon mate. you must be pampered in the Gosford Health Spa Resort :rofl: :thumbsup:

Hope they let you out soon;)

[h0ughy]

hope to try and catch up:thumbsup:

they all are

well aint that too true and in a humid hot climate:rofl:

[h0ughy]

Staying at the Glengarry Caravan park near Port douglas. Planning to go west of there depending on the cloud. if it come clear then stay on the coast

[astro_south]

How have you got around the Astrotrac slipping / moving on the geared head plate where they connect? Would be keen to know as this was a problem for me at Astrofest?

[h0ughy]

did you get a response from astrotrac? not sure:question: sounds like a mechanical failure

[astro_south]

I haven't contacted Astrotrac yet. Does the brass insert on the back of yours spin when you tighten it up the screw on the plate? If not, then there is something amiss with mine.

Didn't want to distract you from your preps - I can quiz you later on about it... good luck with the chase and I am looking forward to your pics and vids :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

get in contact with them asap.

[h0ughy]

ok here are the stats each of us has a 10kg carry on and 40kg check in limit.

Mr Meehan in the red corner, bags packed and dry 9.8kg for the carry on and 39.9kg for the two check in bags.:thumbsup:

Mr Hough in the blue corner has 9.98 carry on and 39.99 check in with 2 bags:help:.

had to scrimp and cull a few items such as clothing and toiletries and some batteries but i got there in the end. Originally i was 7 kg over:eyepop:

all up we will have 6 cameras, a couple of point and shoots 3 computers tripods. I cant wait to get this all working on the real deal......... I am so looking forward to this.:D

[OzEclipse]

So you're saying that if we see an unshaven naked guy with a starlapse , we should come over and say hello to you? :D
Good luck

Joe

[h0ughy]

Well could be worse lol. I have the basics;). As for naked you clearly haven't met me:rofl: . I'd probably get pushed out to we if I were setup on the beach :lol:the shave look, well?

[anthony.tony]

Two Of our Members of The parkes CWAS are Travelling By Small Nissan car packed with Gear -The have prebooked a Cabin On Ellis beach.-So they can stop in the Cabin and Just walk Straight out onto The Beach in Front of Them And set up Their imaging Gear.I hope they have worked it out so they are in a Good Viewing Spot -They wreckon the Weather could turn to Clouds and Stuff things Up.-Hopefully Not.-Tony

[h0ughy]

yep and i will more than likely head west for that very reason

[Adelastro1]

Wow nice lawn! Oh, it's the camera gear you're showing off. :P