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Originally Posted by dvj
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.
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Yes some would say that remote is the only panacea but it has it's risks, issues and associated expenses in setup and maintenance
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Originally Posted by Ross G
A great looking closeup photo Mike.
Very nice detail and sharp.
An observatory and a "comfort" room.........you are getting soft!
Good luck with the setup and I'm looking forward to some amazing photos.
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Cheers Rossco, yeah call me soft, I can take it
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Originally Posted by Shiraz
Congrats on getting there. It must have been a nice feeling to put it all together, gingerly test everything and then realise that it's finally complete - you can get back to taking images of galaxies.
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Sure was and sure will Ray, your recent galaxy images have really inspired me actually, thankyou
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Originally Posted by philiphart
Thanks to dvj for teasing out the explanation that was confusing me too. Great to see the setup Mike.
Phil
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Yes Phil, I have certainly had my fair share of moves in recent years huh?
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Originally Posted by alpal
Mike,
You're doing well Mike & you have a powerful system.
I look forward to all your results.
cheers
Allan
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Yeah I'm happy enough and the whole project came in nicely under budget too, so I even had enough left over to FINALLY buy myself a good visual scope - I grabbed a 12" GOTO Skywatcher flex tube dob from Steve Massey at Astro Shop
so now I have something to do while I am out there imaging and can actually show people stuff when they visit, not to mention also finally having something easily transportable to take to SPSP
Mike