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Made some additional "improvements" to the observatory.
I took out the EQ6 mount that I was using and installed my Losmandy-Gemini system. This is a great improvement as with the EQ6 and 10" scope I had to add an extension bar to the mount to balance the weight. This took up valuable real estate in the observatory, but with the Losmandy's thicker and more rigid bar I can add more concentrated weights on a shorter bar which really mproves moving around.
The next two things were just some general insurance. I had bought a solar extractor fan but needed a level surface to mount it on and I was reluctant to cut a hole in the top of the observatory and bog up the hole with silicon so instead I mounted it on one of the bay surfaces. Works just as well as tested using some smoke to see air flow. Anyway there is venting in the roof so I just wanted to improve the airflow. The next thing I did was; Clark rubber had some cheap ($20/m - 2000mm wide ) rubber-backed flooring on sale so I got 3 meters and used this on top of the plastic and insect proof screening already in place but mounted it below the rubber matting. Just wanded extra moisture protection, even if its a "pretty" blue colour.
Now I have absolutely no moisture in the dome and have been able to get the humidity to the same point as the outside air. Also installed silica gel holders for the 2" eyepiece holders in each scope just to help also as I dont want fungus inside my scopes.
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