Optec Alnitak Flip-Flat Gen2 Flat Field and Dust Cover or DIY

By teoria_del_big_bang
July 28, 2021 in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups

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Posted February 10

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Cheers guys. Though, this has not helped. I was banking on you saying that they are effing perfect and I should buy 10 of them. I guess it's not that big a deal to print out a custom lid for the flat panel for this scope I made already.

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teoria_del_big_bang

February 10

No problem resurrecting the thread at all but I can't really add to Stuarts reply. The flap will not close tight enough for darks and I would not even bother with the heater it cannot replace a p

steppenwolf

July 28, 2021

Hi Steve, the one I built is controlled by a simple relay that is itself driven by a Velleman K8055 interface board. I use an ASCOM driver (LesveDome) via a VBScript to open and close the flap and tur

Stuart1971

July 28, 2021

There is a version that Deep sky Dad makes, for half this price and works well with ekos, also you get the option of built on dew heater too…. The one in the link is for a red cat, but they do ma

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