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Don’t know if it’s just me but I’m having trouble viewing your pictures at the moment. Just showing up as black rectangle.

I have a deforked Meade ETX125 which I love, although focus can be a bit of a pain. Long term plan is a Wegat back just because I’m a bit of a tart. Personally I think they are the best looking Maks too

Good to know, will save me some frustration later! Mount planned and being printed; IMG_1452.MP4

Beginner question - I presume I need to remove the stock lens from the sensor before installing the m12?

Finally got round to updating copypic.sh to show the banner text. Works flawlessly. Have sourced a dome and a friend is 3D printing a camera mount / M12 Lens fitting for a 160 degree lens I acquired so hopefully not long till its ready to go. Weirdly one of my Pi Zeros doesn't like being connected up to USB power banks - it keeps resetting after a few minutes - whereas the other runs happily on it. Power longer term will be via 12v Lead Acid / Solar panel. Interested to see how the M12 lens performs

Was being mischievous - here it is displaying its party trick of turning into an Alt-Az Mount. Is a bit precarious with this OTA in this configuration so may utilise the counterweight too.

Almost finished my Polaris - reassembled and modification to take a standard dovetail. Now just need to find a polar cap and cut down the fixing bolts and it’s good to go. Here she is in all her glory with a stunner of a Meade ETX125 (woodwork needs some care)

Mine has arrived - much neater than my old solution - spaces made for future new BSTs Next step - fill it up!

That’s very impressive - what equipment did you use?

It went back together very easily - much less of a headache than my old EQ5 Hope you are doing ok cheers

Here’s mine - Vixen Polaris currently being serviced. Need to order an aluminium plate to modify the head to take a standard clamp.

Look great - I got a Vixen Polaris earlier this year which came with a short tripod for Newtonians. Was going to build a taller tripod, but maybe I should scour the ads for something I can repurpose instead.

Thanks Baz - you just cost me £17! appreciate it, been looking for a suitable case for a while. cheers

Hi Baz, what are the dimensions of this case? Looks perfect for what I need. cheers

Makes sense, cheers. Learning all this as I go along so good to get these tips.

That’s just crazy talk - no idea what any of that means!!!!??? i ended up setting Root password and logging in as Root to install, but those ways seem easier.

I ignored all the Dronkert stuff, that’s just in there for info. Copy the download from github and save it so your file structure is /home/allsky and as Jason says, copy the html files into /var/www when it asks you to.

Update - Ran all night no problems and the modification to remove the 110kb limit gave me a 22 second video which is about right given how short “night” is at the moment. Minor change to display banner text on video and proper enclosure is next on the list and then I think I’m done. Thanks Jason & Pete - this has been an enjoyable distraction.

Have adjusted the image deletion line, taken delivery of a V2 camera and now giving it a trial run out side. Obviously not it’s final enclosure but wanted to see how it goes and I’ve also covered that green led for the night. Also only stock lens at the moment so need to order a wide angle. So far the only expenditure on this project is a temp probe for £2 and the new camera at £24. I had the zero in stock. Strange thing happened today - I have a second zero which I soldered with the temp probe (the other is attached to a header) and power hardwired into the base and it was very unstable. Kept crashing and rebooting, so I have relegated that one back to the shed and using the original one for now.

Watching with interest as this is something I’ve been considering for a while. Was just going to copy the Official Pi one With off the shelf parts but be interesting to see your approach.

Thanks - is there a benefit going larger aperture than 90mm? I would have thought that the extra light grab of a bigger aperture isn’t a thing with solar. Is it just about resolution? ta

Good morning everyone, I fancy giving solar observation a go this year so was considering purchasing a solar filter for my scope. Firstly, are there any I should go for over another, and what to to steer clear of? Secondly, which scope is most suited? I gave a fair few in my repertoire; SW ST80 Meade ETX90 Meade ETX125 SW PDS150 Orion XT10 I was thinking that the ETX90 would be the best bet, but is there a reason why one of the others may be more suited? thanks Gareth

Evening all, Does anyone have any recommendations for a hard case for a HEQ5? cheers

Well pleased - connected up a temp sensor, copied over the standard HTML files and it’s all working! Now need to see what happens with tonight’s video - I suspect it may be the file size issue that jiberjaber mentions a few pages back - the video stopped just after I went to bed last night and started when the sun started to come up so I’m guessing a primarily black image is coming up as a very small image.

And also remember to use sudo before every command, or to make life easier log in as root