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Earl

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  1. Space flight sure "aint like dustin crops" Yet.....
  2. what speed does the x-37 do in low orbit? if that is even known? there will be no records for its activitys available.
  3. If in doubt always blame the seeing
  4. Well I managed 6 subs of a target i didnt really want to do, but what i wanted was behind trees..........

  5. its going to be clear, its oing to be cloudy, its going to be clear... round and round.,.... YAY

  6. why did i just put milk n my Earl GRey ....

    1. Uranium235

      Uranium235

      Probably the same reason I went to put the kettle in the fridge, and the milk where the kettle should be!

    2. ronin

      ronin

      For the UK I am probably about to infringe to Religion restrictions of SGL. All tea is yuck, pour it down the sink, with or without milk. Actually don't waste the time to make it. Guess who doesn't like tea ? :-))

  7. AH HA !!! progress im just running of some flats sould be sleeping but the house is busy as the family are back from been a way for a few days.... as soon as thats done ill do a reboot to test it
  8. Sorry Steve im lost here, Im used to things like example.exe -start
  9. oh do you know a way to autostart the cloud sensor un reboot, it will go in the startup folder but still needs to be clicked start to go. is there a switch i can add to the command line?
  10. Steve I dont bother with the dome locks had some strong wind and its not been an issue. Unless your using them for security purposes?
  11. That skylight has an elegance to say the least!
  12. when you get round to it a flow chart of sorts and mayeb some reasing to why certain routes would be helpful overall, getting it all to talk reliably is an ongoing issue for me atm.
  13. waiting for it to go dark and the clouds roll in .....

    1. Starcluster

      Starcluster

      Yep just happened to me,, had the scope set up @ 7pm,was hoping to view Venus and jupiter with some new colour filters and yep ,,along came the clouds,,.Great british weather.

    2. Coco

      Coco

      Happens here on the Irish Sea coast all the time, temp drops, pressure drops, clouds roll in. Have not had a session longer than 4 hours this year!

    3. Pleiades M45

      Pleiades M45

      This has happened to me for the past 2 weeks. Sunny during the day, clouds at night. I think this weekend may be the first in awhile i get to go out again.

  14. Steve I may of missed it but have you documented your ascom setup so to speak?
  15. 5 mins round stars..........

  16. CDC is the best free option for scope control, I have not bothered with a purchase option as it does all i need, Stellurium is great for sitting at your computer and mooching.
  17. we have progress training focusmax

    1. Earl

      Earl

      getting a reasonable v curve

  18. Focuser installed and motor now on. just need to get he scope on the mounts and get calibrating eveything once again,

  19. Steve what settin do you have the knob on the dome rotation box set to?
  20. making sure these offsets are the same accross all the settings is key too, as with all astronomy stuff there are no standards and applications all do it differently. its a nasue.
  21. YAY customs paid focuser lands on Tuesday !!!

    1. Luke

      Luke

      Wohoo! Have never regretted getting a better focuser. Whatcha ordered, Earl?

    2. Earl

      Earl

      its a new style FT dedicated to the FSQ106.

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