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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
While I am not a big fan of domes (they look like an observatory and have all sorts of nasty thermal currents which acts against planetary imaging), yours is a tidy setup Allan. You might like to add a third hold down bot and have each of them at 120 degrees apart from each other.
The galaxy shows heaps of detail in the arms on my screen. Would like to see a colour version when you get some clear sky.
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Paul,
I thought about a third bolt at 120 degrees apart but I was reluctant to drill into the dome structure itself as there are no strong anchor points except where the two halves come together. I would have one cleat on the join of the two halves which would be a strong connection but the other two would just be attached to the skin of the dome and relatively weak. Understand your idea but decided two strong ones were better than nothing.
I really want to get more subs for M65 just to see how far I can push the DSI (mainly as an exercise) and for something to play with until the QSI arrives. Looks as if tonight could be my first opportunity.
Dave thanks for the comments and for good ideas to steal/imitate