First Light for SkySlab, well, sort of ...
I moved computers, power supplies, lights and cabling up to the Ob yesterday.
First problem, both computers failed ....
no reason I could discern but the desktop and the laptop failed at bootup. Shheeshh!
Grabbed another couple of laptops and finally got some sort of system going.
I had loaded the little 114 newt and the guide scope to make first tests easier and I need to mod SK II a bit yet for DSLR Focus.
Aligned scope with finder and guide scope for later on.
Amazingly weather held and when it got dark I went out and fired up all the electrics. One problem with tin sheds, if you bump into walls etc they are noisy !! Moved the roof back on it's pivot. Needs some refinements but it works !!
I had also upgraded the Hand controller on the mount to 3.27. Started doing a first alignment check. Complete disaster, it is all over the place !
Checked location settings, time etc etc and can find no error so some detective work needed there. My SCP E\W seems way out as well so some more work in that department.
But I'm happy. It will work eventually and in the meantime I have plenty to keep me amused and busy. I'll take a couple of pix when I get organised better, I've used about 5 meters of Velcro securing wires and stuff and replaced a few brackets to keep it all straight.
The beauty was that I could walk outside at 8:30, push the roof back, work for an hour or so then close the roof and shutdown then go back inside without being exhausted shifting it all around.
I call that success !!
