Brent,
Cheers!
I've used cable ties and Velcro everywhere. It looks a tiny bit better now. A lot of the power cords look messy as they're all curled up and stuffed inside the rat cage assembly. Once the housing is built, then, that should clean up... or, at least I hope!
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Originally Posted by ZeroID
Wow, rapid progress !! Well done H.
I see what you mean about 'cable mess' though. I'm using some Velcro strips to keep mine a bit tidier and save me catching on them when I'm moving around.
I presume all the gear will come off and goes inside when you finish each night. ? Till you build the Ob of course.
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Paul,
Cheers!
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Originally Posted by Asterix2020
Looks good!
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DJDD,
The cables are one of the reasons why I can't be bothered with going to star parties anymore. It is such a headache. I do miss the days of DSLR imaging. It was just a couple of cables and I was sorted. Not so much, anymore!
The missus has a chainsaw. We might lop the bits that are hanging into our yard. It will free up my view to the south a little bit, too. Might be able to see the south celestial pole, then!
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Originally Posted by DJDD
i saw the first photo and thought, "what cable mess?". then i looked at the next photo. 
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Simon,
I didn't even think about getting the weather system first. You've put money-spending ideas into my head, now! I think I will go for the AAG CloudWatcher solution. It seems like a cost-effective (kind of) solution.
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Originally Posted by MrB
Looking good H!
On your post to The Photographer's Den on FB, you mention you are leaving the gear out while sleeping then you cover it up in the morning and that you will be getting a cloud/rain sensor when you have the obs set up.
Can't you get the cloud/rain sensor now? It could be set up to wake you up if there is any rain so you can sprint out in your undies and cover the gear up  |
Yugant,
Thank you! In fact, your pier project was the impetus for me to finally buy and start setting up. It just so happened that Lewis had the perfect pier for sale and I snapped it up.
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Originally Posted by Manav
Wow that looks great!
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I spent some time aligning the other night with PemPro's polar alignment routine. Got down to within 15 arcseconds for azimuth and 35 arcseconds for altitude, over a 10-minute period. I can make tiny adjustments to azimuth, but, the altitude knob on the G-11 has a lot of backlash (part and parcel of a tangent arm design, I guess). I'm hoping that that's close enough to the pole for imaging.
H