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Originally Posted by astronobob
Extraordinary Paul, great to hear you enjoying the automation, definately a bonus and advantage in gaining mege data without sleep deprivation. I assume your going ahead with RGB and/or what have you ? if so, looking forward to the results  |
Yes Bob, LRGB is on the going to occur too. Probably around 14 hours of L and 4-5 hours in each colour. In any event it will be when it is smooth enough.
It might seem like an eternity but watching the development of the signal night after night and the reduction in noise fantastic to watch.
I will not be doing any SII on this image. I don't think it will add anything to the final image.
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
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Coming along very nicely Paul well done..?..just needs more data I recon 
Two automated systems huh? Wow....what happens if the roof/slit doesn't close one night or the system goes haywire and sends the PMX roaring into the pier
Mike |
Ah both roof and slit are protected by UPS systems and back alarms to inform me if the each to do not close. The more redundancy you have the better.
Both the PMX and PME have hard stops to prevent collisions as well as software enabled protection too. The mounts are very sophisticated and it would be highly unlikely this could ever occur.
With automation Mike you need to place redundancy in the system for protection. Being able to reboot equipment remotely is very important. I use IP9258W systems to enable reboot. SMS and email notification to my phone should anything go wrong. Thus far nothing crazy, in 4 months of remote imaging. Having a web cam in place is important too.