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Originally Posted by netwolf
Barry, thanks for the Jaycar supply idea sounds like a good one. I also saw your post in another thread about the petrol generator, can you give some more information on your Gennie? what brand, cost etc. BTW the new Stellarium looks great and now I have a laptop with Nvidia no more OpenGL problems. Have you got Stellarium talking with the Gemini1?
Regards
Fahim
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Hi Fahim
The gene is just one of those $600 chinese Honda type clones that Trevor bought from the internet (2.5 KVA). It has been very reliable for use in the house at Wiruna and gets run almost continuously for two days once a month. It gets an oil change every month and general check over and has now been in operation for about 2 years. I like its remote electric start. It is located in a sound proof box as well and can't be heard more than 20metres away so that is where it sits with a 25metre cable connecting to the house where it suppliments the battery bank.
Trevor is now the expert on the Gemini 1 and has learnt to use the program effecively and can have the G11 set up and aligned in about 10 minutes. It interfaces with Stellarium and a program I wrote as well. Trevor uses PHD for polar alignment.
Stellarium is now in the 0.11.2 stage but there has been little change to the basics since 0.11.1. mainly bug fixes and language updates. I think you can get a current daily build from "launchpad" but I also build daily in Windows and Linux.
Barry