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Originally Posted by multiweb
You said you image remotely. How did you guys sort out power for your observatories. Do you have main AC or run Genies? If the latter I assume you have someone on site to do the house keeping? That looks pretty remote. Beautiful spot.
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Originally Posted by Stevec35
Nicely done. This has always been a favourite area of the sky for me and your image of it is great.
Cheers
Steve
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Originally Posted by Placidus
Love HH1 and 2. Superb.
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Thankyou!
Marc, We are many many kilometers away from any mains power - we have an off-grid solar plant with a 3000ah battery bank. We also have an autostart diesel generator that will kick in if the battery bank state of charge falls below our defined level, but we actually haven't had any need for the backup generator at all. There is just so much solar energy out at the site with cloudy days being very rare especially during the dry (imaging) season from March through to November. There is a farmhouse a few kilometers away with support on the ground if we need it. The internet is 3G, with satellite as a backup.
Cheers,
Tim
