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update she is running at 2ghz and temp 47 degrees with kstars result a lot faster my bootloader is 18/11/2019 beta 000137ab andy

Cheers for the heads up greatly appreciated

what case are you using I've a flirc dare I overclock it?

Bad stuff welders at our place of work won't touch galvanised metal unless stripped at least 3 inches back and then with aspirated masks..

Radek, Just a question. I see that there is a Pi account is this the default password? (did not work) as was prompted once when doing a update via gui then found a dropdown for astroberry account ? Also I have a french keyboard usb locally and via vnc UK desktop keyboard unable to add other keyboard layouts tried looking in menu's and adding system items can you help great work faster than SM Beta Regards Andy

Radek Downloaded and works a treat albeit using simulators in kstars on rpi4 4gb fast as well no lag at all. Fingers crossed Andy

Flocking material in france have used this to flock my skywatcher 150pds and it is dark no reflections https://www.feutrine-express.fr/product/Feutrine-metre-adhesive-Noir-0148#content

Just a question, are you you still playing around with focus ? why the flare on the right hand side ? just a question as learning myself

You've got problems, Me no viewing nada for the past week rain/cloud rain/cloud I have got to give it to you a great project and when one want's results one has to bite the bullet and wait ( No I want Data Now) Dam you Moon great spectrum effect if you do spectral analysys. Sorry

Could you not retrofit a PC cooling fan at the bottom of the tube to either draw/force the air inside the tube as I see you are feeding a cable from the bottom of that mighty stack? looks great 👍

http://darkerview.com/wordpress/?p=18369 Have a look at above site maybe of some use in solving your problem in a brief note to rid the rogue bug by the way you have to clean all the scope as the spores are not just on the optic cell. Clean all 50/50 mix of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and ammonia (NH3). 10ml should do it. Andy

I also have an old C5 and love it and can agree contrast is good for a scope of this age if it was good enough for NASA then good enough for me

found another good one https://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Bottle-Rocket

anyway back to the topic in hand

A battle every day at work with the older folk... stuck in the old days... but get one with the banter.. give and take. my boss says give it back (laughts) french frog roast beef etc .. old timers for you...….

google'd it and what a blast from the past

because we do it every day and I fly the union jack on my workstation to rub salt in it......

If I was you I would keep it at the length you received it you never know if you add equipment to your scope and you need to offset the balance they are made of aluminium so a good hacksaw with a steel blade would do the job but keep it at the length you got it they are cheap anyway if you need another dovetail bar

we have a rocket at work for cleaning out steel tubing and rebris from within me and my facing colleague about 15metres away like a petrol pump nozzle yet filled with what ever we can find and fire at each other at 100 psi (stupid kids) passes the day, the best was a milky way hit him right on the noggin (head) don't worry he lived and ate the said chocolate bar don't tell HSE.....

Helen why only half you got to go the whole hog? the bigger the effect the better

love May great like today was a bank holiday to respect the …. and yes 11 nov another bank holiday

dam new I went wrong somewhere in my calculations yep and watching uk tv an hour behind a real pain in the...……. knowing you have to get up for work

the big sandcastle building next to the old echo building had the largest open plan office space in Europe at the time on one floor https://www.the-modernist.org/news/2018/6/23/63offgizjbg9bnosd1ixz95hz1dbz0

Just seen your location I used to work at the sandcastle (Royal Insurance) if they are still there? back in the 90's

Can't wait for my granddaughter to arrive gotta wait till feb albeit she will be a newborn and my first one. Just spend the day decorating at my sons apartment as he is moving with his wife to their first house in a few weeks (wallpapering hate it with vengeance) eyesight not the same anymore kids of today can't do anything practical (dad can you do this) a big learning curve awaits.....