A little while on I have made another video using 360 VR to show the observatory now. The triangle has now been expanded at one end as the bits were getting too close to the edges. I think an eight foot sided triangle would be a eter size. The roof opens with a garage door opener that has been modified and programmed to do the job. The programming of the garage door opener was probably the hardest bit!!! Using 3 buttons, a seven segment display and pages of instructions to set the direction, the speed, the force and several tens of other possibilities while opening and closing the roof to see if it had the correct effect!!! This is now set for the slowest speed with slow endings. Remote control is via a Raspberry Pi running Indi web and KStars on the remote control Windows 10 computer. This also controls via remote desktop a Windows 10 computer that runs Sony Imaging Edge software for control of the Sony A77ii on the telescope, the Hitecastro focuser and the Nextimage 5 finder scope camera which can be seen on the remote control computer anywhere in the world. Still cannot put the solar filters on remotely though!!
https://youtu.be/6eju0AY6y44