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Originally Posted by alpal
Mike,
I often wondered about remotely operating a Newt?
Apart from the obvious cable tangle problems you'd
also need an electric focuser & a frame rotator to
put the target the way you want in the frame.
Operating PHD guiding would be difficult - you'd need a computer on site
that you could remotely operate.
I am sure there are a dozen more things I haven't thought of.
I will have to check it out one day as the weather in Melbourne
is so bad that my hobby is coming to an end here.
cheers
Allan
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Remote is nice, but autonomous operation is nearly impossible. Something will break requiring service. Observatory roof won't open, power outage, equipment failures in general. PC motherboard failed. FLI Atlas failed. FLI Proline 16803 dies. Mount power supply fried.
Bush Fire required evacuation.
More recently, the receiver in the satellite dish died. So now I have no connection at all.