Shimonu

I haven't done any imaging yet with my mount so I'm not really familiar with the workflow. Is this setup a one time thing that you do at home and then you can just set up the rig in the field? I mean you're obviously using another computer to communicate with it and my understanding was that this is an alternative to a laptop. Or is it more like you just need the laptop for an initial setup and then the RPi is independenet? Like how do you control which target to select, sequencing and so on?

You have a point about RPi. I suppose I should consider that. I haven't really looked up how complicated that would be to set up.

Maybe the answer here is just that you don't but I'm curious if anyone uses their power source for the rig to also power their laptop. I'm trying to figure out how I would solve this and I feel like the trouble is the laptop charger wants AC while everything else works on DC. A little ironic as in the end the laptop still runs on DC. So it feels silly to have DC battery->AC->DC charger. I'm not sure how long my laptop would last on its battery alone with everything running. Maybe a little more than an hour would be possible but it seems short in AP terms. What do you do? Do you charge it, if yes, then how? How long can you image without charging? I'm also curious what your power situation is in general, assuming of course you're out in the field and not connected to the mains in your backyard.

Is that because an EQ mount will be correct as long as it's polar aligned? So an uneven mount will just have to adjust the latitude and azimuth to compensate?

I bought a used mount where the altitude adjustment bolt was bent so badly I had to disassemble the wedge and cut the bolt to get it out. Now when I'm putting it back together I'm wondering how I should go about setting the tension with the grub screws. I heard that one of the reasons the bolt gets bent is that the tension is too high from factory. In which order should I do this. Do I tighten the bolt connecting the wedge and head first, to some force and then adjust the grub screws or the other way around? I feel like doing the grub screws last makes sense as tightening the bolt last might change whatever tension I set with the grub screws. But then I wonder how tight it should be? Does anyone have any good suggestion? Thanks!