[Atmos (Colin)]

Hello everyone. Interested in some advice from all you avid astrophotographers that do not have the pleasure of having a permanent observatory, all the thrills and spills that go with it.

Soon going to be purchasing my first proper imaging setup (less than two weeks and counting!) and I am now just starting to wonder about how others control dew on things OTHER than their mirrors/lens', already have my Kendrick Dew Heater for that. What I am thinking about is other equipment like power cables, mount, OTA, camera and computer.

I have only done a little bit of playing around in my backyard so far, never more than a few short hours at a time just becoming familiar with my new (second hand as of a few months ago) mount & camera. So far I've just been putting my laptop on a camping chair, cables on a towel. Thinking ahead to all nighters and the excessive amount of dew that I know will form this time of year, how do ya'll go about keeping everything safe?

At this stage I am just thinking of getting a plastic storage box and throwing all of the power plugs in there and placing the lid on top to keep moisture out. Contemplating a beach towel starting underneath the computer and wrapping it over. Not sure whether I should or need to put anything over the mount, telescope or camera such as a light poncho (the stuff that is near as this as glad wrap).

How do you all go about protecting your precious equipment? Love to hear your thoughts.