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Appreciate all the replies and advice, open to any suggestions.
I already have my pier built, i kind of got some metal from work before it was thrown out, so was limited to it being 950 mm tall.
But it is 8" schedule 40 pie, so decent wall thickness and a 1" pressure flange for the base.
I am not sure i would want to image below 25 degrees, but a 1800 wall height will let me get to 19 degrees.
For the park position, I was just going to go from the polar aligned position and then just go 90 degrees east so that counter weight shat is horizontal.
The cat 5 cable is a very good idea, I already have 240v out there as i run soil heating cable in a garden patch where i grow giant pumpkins for competition, the observatory is going to go in the back corner of this patch.
I would have to measure the distance it is from the house for the cat 5 cable, I don't think it is 90m, but would be getting close.
Either that on run it off Wi-Fi possibly? not really up with that part, will have to research more into it.
Shutting it down, I just mean, put the mount in park position, turn the power off, take the laptop back inside.
Definitely keen to get started, takes a good 3/4 hour now to drag everything out and setup in my current observing site the driveway, plus the weight of the mount doesn't get any lighter.
Will take some time as i only get about a few hours each 3rd week + weekends due to shift work.
Just about got things drawn up ready to go out and get the items required.
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