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So, the light at the end of the tunnel is coming into sight. This week, I pulled 3 active USB cables through the data pipe, which prove more of a problem then I had anticipated beforehand, but in the end with a little help we managed. Then I also wanted to get the EQdit cable in, which also succeded with some effort. I also place the NEQ6 mount on the pier and leveled it, and then came the moment of thruth, to see if the observatory would properly close with the OTA fitted. And it did, so I did my homework, measurements, and building properly to my specs. First Light is approaching now, although I still have to do a lot of tiny things around and in the observatroy. Also the control PC will have to be installed at the inside of the balcony/window wall, so I'll have to install a mounting for that, as well as configuring the PC, as I have decided to swap my old PC for another oldie, that has a much smaller footprint. However this means installing XP pro again with its 111 updates and after that getting all my astronomy software up and running again, with some nice new additons to start experimenting with (AT plate solving and maybe after that FocusMax autofocusing).
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