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Hi Jammy, when you do get an idea of how many Ah you'll need, pick a battery that's around 2 to 2.5 times the rating as the rating on the battery is to 'destruction' 🙂 My AGM diy jobby is rated at 14 Ah, but If I use it at around 3 Ah the voltage drops from 12.6v at the start then drops to 11.1 after about 3 hours. Any further and the cells become damaged. PS -If you're willing to pay £299 I'll make you one 🤣

Maybe the dew heaters ? a 5 amp power brick might struggle to actually supply 5 amps reliably ?

Hi Leti, contact @FLO as It seems from your first post you bought It from them. They are really helpful.

Dental floss, wd40 then isopropyl alcohol 😏

That's a lovely job 👍🏻

I just chose the method as I couldn't see another way in APT, I set a plan up with about 20 minutes per filter. When I look back at old captures, despite the zwo filters being 'parfocal' I think I can see a shift in sharpness on them . I'm dabbling with NINA now so will look at the other options.

Good question, I've only recently set up an autofocuser and took the easy way out ... Refocus on a filter change 🙂

I've been trying the USA method of thermally insulating the tube and a very low power (0.3 amp) DIY nicrome strip just behind the corrector plate on my C9.25 and a short (10") dew sheild ... Looking good so far 🤞🏻

Hi all, seems to be an ioptron thing (as it's not noticeable on mount which is stiff when unlocked ) Found a neat (ish) way to fine tune it on my HEM27. £5 on eBay. Wheel balance stick on weights. Works a treat, need some clear skies to see if it's helped guiding.

As an engineer I'm finding this so frustrating 🤣 I just want to get my hands on it ! Wish you the best of luck though.

I'd be inclined to factory reset the router .. might be something stuck in the DHCP reservations. Worth a bash ?

What does the NUC show in ipconfig as it's IP address and gatewway ? And what is the routers IP ?

Yes, as in there is a difference ?

Also, can the NUC open the router admin page or even ping it's IP address ? Possibly the NUC has a duff network card ?

Run ipconfig -all in the CMD prompt on the new NUC and the old mini pc to see if there is any difference .

Really nice capture.

Happy new year 🙂 Monkey head nebula taken in March ... Seems so long ago !

Another entertaining one is Your favourite astro nerd, guaranteed to make you smile 😂

Oh, hadn't seen that, maybe having a bad day.

astro biscuit ! Thoroughly entertaining 😂

Or this one is neater as it doesn't stick out https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233772598766?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=KdbkegI-THW&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=lYgy7GeFSw6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

My HEM27 annoyingly uses 5.5 X 2.5 when all my leads are 2.1 Bought one of these and leave it on the mount. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192948513379?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=J1Wn6_hyTkS&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=lYgy7GeFSw6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

What are you trying to achieve ?

Really well done ! You've put a lot of effort in there and been rewarded with two excellent captures 👍🏻

Very nice, looks like you got the California nebula in there too 👍🏻