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Adam, as you know, I now have the ability to do all my imaging work from inside the house. Can't recommend the concept highly enough in winter!
Funny, I just took a stroll out to the obs to see how much clearance I had until the trees block the Eta area. Still plenty. In the process of looking around in the dark, managed to ever so slightly bump the QHY8 with my back. One 10-minute frame ruined. Lesson? Once you've got it working, stay away! Next target tonight is M83 when it comes over the meridian.
Anyway, to cut another long ramble short, I just wanted to comment again on the joys of remote focusing, be it ever so humble. It's made a major difference to the quality of my pics, and my satisfaction, by being able to sit in the house and periodically stop imaging, select the fine focus function in Neb and touch up things to perfection on a nearby star. All it is is FCUSB and a bodgied Skywatcher electric focuser. Works fine with the simple FCUSB controller software and Neb doing the focus measuring. Highly recommended for those of us on a budget.
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