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  1. This seems a copycat of another announced fully automated scope plus small CMOS OSC sensor to appeal to the smart phone generation so no EP neaded or even expected. Probably a five-minute wonder for the rich with no previous interest in astro. An 80mm ED f/5 frac I find is a toy scope - its smaller than the central obstruction in my SCT - sorry :-) Nytecam
  2. It's an all-in-one-package similar to what I've been doing for a decade using regular equipment. It's really quite small in aperture and can't apparently view, for example, the central star in the Ring Nebula M57 - to me a minimum requirement. It has some strange design features, like on open tubes Newt-like scope [instead of a sealed optical window], a three-vane spider giving 6 diffraction spikes and potentally wobbly tripod connection. The latter is quoted as ok as solved by guidance system [!] but not IMO with the eye bumping the electronic EP as it will. Direct wireless to phone screen would be better and social media From long experience I do seriously doubt that non astronomers would know what to look for beyond the obvious moon which anyone could aim for without expensive aids. Even at my astro club most members are 'lost' beyond half a dozen famous deepsky objects sad that it is. Nytecam
  3. Well done Don - let's make it HOT :-)
  4. Interesting project Choochoo but I don't see what size your dome will be - perhaps I missed it! Size matters and usually matched to the 'scope it is to house. Down the years I've built 6 domes [never a ROR!] two each for club, self and buddy from 12ft to 6ft - the latter for my 12" SCT @ http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/mydome.htm. If recommending a dome type today I'd go for an octagonal dome like my buddy Ron @ http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/rondome.htm- it uses regular sheet ply for the minimum cutting or waste and appear spherical in profile eg doesn't appear octagonal! It's weathered with modern acrilic paint direct on ply and works just fine. It has the classic up-and-over shutter [40%] parked on fixed back section [40%] with hinge forward front section [10%] with good view of zenith. IMO as an architct bi-parting shutters can act as a sail and prone to yaw unless perfectly engineered. Keep it simple ! Good luck in your project ;-) Nytecam
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    Nytecam

    Mostly DSOs in brief exposures [videoish] and scope + domes
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    m27u150809x1mg

    From the album: Nytecam

    1st SX Ultrastar images via 30cm f/3.3 SCT - data on images.
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    m57u150809x1mg

    From the album: Nytecam

    1st SX Ultrastar images via 30cm f/3.3 SCT - data on images.
  8. From the album: Nytecam

    1st SX Ultrastar images via 30cm f/3.3 SCT - data on images.
  9. Strange observations - only one person noted its trajectory across the sky (south/north through named constellations) and only one the time. Quoting same as you or whatever doesn't count. Some timed pics please eg just basic stuff otherwise it remains hearsay:-)
  10. Great idea Rick:-) I can't guess their size but had you considered cutting off the base ( or top!) and rotate the 'dome' with a door for entry and a slot in the 'roof' to observe through eg a true domed obsy with complete protection for you and the scope If you just lift the lid off eg RoR-like you've no such protection !
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    the finished tripod

    good workmanship and solid mount - well done ;-)
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    NGC1499 DSS PI

    Very nice image - well done ;-)
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