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There are alot of gotcha's in this, put simply there is alot of complexity to manage:
1) sky environment - is it raining or fine when you are thinking of imaging
2) security for your remote site
3) pointing abaility - if things go screwy - how will you reset and or avoid gear / tripod / pier collisions
4) restarts - if Windows blue screens of death - if a hand controller needs a reset, if a PSU is flakey - how will you detect and correct matters - how much redundancy will you allow for
5) operational matters - focusing, image retention / processing, taking darks, assessing temperatures at which you imaged, how will you power on and sync your scope to the night sky?
The simplest s/w solution seems to be:
1) have a PC near your gear (multi core processor - lotsa of RAM and a good UPS).
2) put the OTA and mount on a pier
3) run VNC server to expose the full PC with a fixed IP address set up over a router and broadband to a VNC client anywhere in the world.
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Alternatively - why not just buy time on a decent set-up that has all the factors set up - APOs or RC on Paramount ME, running Tpoint sky models - in dark sky locations, with $10K cameras doing the piccy taking?
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