@@FoFoAstro i actually saw your presentation where you talked to a bunch of folks about getting into astrophotography. I thought your voice pattern sounded familiar and then it hit me. I have watched that presentation many times. You do a great job of breaking things down into easy to understand info. I just got an Apertura 60mm telescope and i am using a modified canon t3i on a star adventurer 2i. I am also gonna try using my pentax k1000 film camera this winter. Just to see how it turns out. Keep up the great work!
I solved that with a few tweaks to windows and/or the BIOS on the computer. 1. Set the computer to automatically power on after a power outage. 2. Enable "Wake on LAN." 3. Ensure the computer is set to automatically login, and AnyDesk is configured to start on login. With those settings, I've never once had to manually power on the machine. It works perfectly every time!
I know this video is 3 years old, but it's new to me in 2024. I recently purchased my first "real" telescope. I can see where apps like Stellarium will really be useful. Thanks for the giving this tutorial in a succinct easy to understand way.
If you put the mount in counterweight down position I.e. that is with the telescope pointing towards the celestial North Pole. And then do a warm start rather than a cold start, you will not lose the model of the sky. You simply need to instruct the amount to point to a star and then use the direction controls on your computer or on the handset to center the star and then select sync in the model will be realigned with them out.
Good video. I use Microsoft's RDP from an M1 Mac Mini to my remote windows computer and it works like "being there" :). Plus I can RDP from a Chromebook and from my linux laptop. Not sure what the motivation would be for AnyDesk if you risk being nagged to subscribe (and wow, it looks expensive)?
Luckily AnyDesk hasn't nagged me at all about subscribing, but maybe I'm lucky. I used to use Microsoft RDP but had quite a few issues with lag that seem to be nonexistent with AnyDesk. Maybe I'll look back into it though!
@@FoFoAstro I'm definitely no expert at working with concrete, but I find it's generally too thick and dense to just flow out the bottom of a Sonotube. Though I've noticed in some videos on pier-building persons making the concrete really, really soupy. It probably weakens the concrete as it cures, but does make it easier to get smoother finishes.
That’s a Windows preference. I believe it’s under Users -> Settings. I’d also recommend setting the computer to never sleep, and to auto reboot after a power outage.
@@FoFoAstro I got it figured out last night. Any Desk is incredibly stable. I struggled with Windows Remote Desktop. It disconnected frequently, even if hard connected by ethernet cable. Any Desk worked without a hitch on the mini PC, my laptop and desktop and my tablet. I had been wanting to replace it for ages but came across too many nightmare stories about Team Chat's draconian billing practices, i.e., people saying they were still billing them even months after they tried to close their accounts. Thanks! This was one of the most useful things I've come across in years.
I am so glad you made this video. I was just about to message you with these questions. I am planning to build a fiber optic connection. Wireless is nice but I think a fiber optic connection would be stabler. Can I ask why you don't use Windows Remote Desktop?
Great question! Mostly because I have two computers that I access remotely and one of them is a Mac. AnyDesk lets me access both of them in the same App which I just like the simplicity of. If both machines were Windows (or I only had one remote machine), I would totally use Remote Desktop.
Hi Forrest Thankfully NexDome got things straightened out and got the invoice to me and I’ve gotten taken care of. Thanks Again Your Fan Robert Montgomery
Hi Again Thought I’d send a link to a video of my project. It is being built next to a fish pond and the lower part is going to be for the pump house for the pond. Its intended to look like the platform sitting on a hill and will have a large waterfall surrounding part of it. -- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-585Z0kbNrpg.html
Hi Sure have enjoyed your videos and explanations of the NexDome project. I have one and am working on my platform for the dome. I wondered if you could tell me what the diameter of the wheels for the dome are . They look like around 4 inches. They were missing from my kit and I had surgery right after I received the kit and it was a year before I got it check kit. Been trying for a week to get them from NexDome and they are having issues with that. Because of the time issue I’m not asking them to correct the issue just let me buy some from them. They have cooperated but don’t seem to be able to get the price to. Got a email today saying that a invoice was sent but it wasn’t delivered. Getting tired and am about try to get them elsewhere. If I knew the diameter I could try Amazon. Hope you can help me. Thanks Rob M.
Very clear and complete explanation. In combination with the earlier version about the glass/fiber connection, this gives a clear picture. Great, greetings from the Netherlands.
You could have done the 500 foot network link wirelessly with 2 Yagi antennas connected to a wireless router on each end. Ask me how I know. You wouldn't get the same throughput but it would have worked pretty well. Also a lot cheaper.
Definitely! Ubiquity also offers their own wireless option. I had that on the observatory at my old house but it wasn't nearly as reliable as I wanted. The fiber connection is rock-solid!
It can toggle or look at different times and do a time lapse too. Can . If you look at his screen where it said 21:00 or whatever time it was. Touch or click on that and a bar will show up that looks like the one to adjust magnitude. You can look for instance . Where Jupiter will be at 3am. And you can do a time lapse through several hours and it accounts for the Earth's rotation and let you know where the object will be. Also if you search for an object in the search bar. Say you want to see what galaxies are visible. Type in galaxy and a list will pop up and by each one like Andromeda. It will say not visible till 2 am. Or if it's already visible it will say. Visible until 5 am. All examples btw. Lol. Same with planets . If you want to view Saturn .. search and and it will tell you what time is the best time for you to view it in the sky at your current location!! Kool stuff. I don't have the plus or paid version. I use the free one. I'm here to see if a one time payment of 20 bucks is worth. He doesnt show anything that is different from the free version tho. Your supposed to get detail high quality pictures of planets and DSOs and different stuff. I don't know. I am very pleased with the free version tbh.
Fun fact: If you open stellarium mobile then search a star called 99 Herculis and point your phone toward the direction of the star, you're facing the apex of the sun way, the direction of our solar system traveling through the Milky Way galaxy. in the case you tilted at an angle on the star, you can calculate the solar system's velocity toward that direction by multiplying the cos(angle) for the solar system speed with respect to the local standard of rest, which is about 230 km/s. I found that pretty cool!
Excellent review and you provided super insights! Thanks! We are proposing an astro dome here on our island. (This nex dome product looks fine; with identified adjustments etc.) Enjoy your cool observing site! Cheers from Newfoundland.
Thank you for the video. I wish you had provided step-by-step instructions on how you reinstalled the Oldham coupler and re-aligned/adjusted the meshing of the worm and crown gears.
Stellarium PLUS no longer have instruments, but "Observing Tools", from which I can only choose "Field of View Simulator" and I get Telrad. No camera settings. Had to activate Telrad, and then hold my finger on Telrad in lower left corner to get into the menu.
It does, they just hid it. Go to Observing Tools, then turn on FOV simulator. That will give you a button in the bottom left that looks like a circle with a circle inside of it (telrad). If you tap and hold that icon you can add a new FOV rectangle and you’ll have the options I talked about in the video (plus a few more).
Sorry to hear your camera problem screwed up your sessions! Look forward to your dome video when it comes 😀 The NexDome sure does take some tinkering to get right, but it will be worth it in the end!
I’m most interesting in full details on how you automated the observatory: actual schematics and explanations of the different components, their names/models, and how they work together. Thanks!Thanks!
Hi... Thank you for the video, but I can't figure out how you get to display degree/minutes/second on photopill as shown on your screen Photopill top center Icon (distance) at 1:50. I didn't find any settings that allow to change the "meter" default and it only allows me to put numbers there. Is it because you're on the desktop app ? Also if you paid for the phone app and install the desktop app, do you have to repay ? Thank you for any insights on those 2 questions...
Hmm. I’m not sure. Those numbers have always been there for me. Sorry I can’t be of more help! I’m using the phone app in that footage to the side of the screen. As for paying, yes, I believe you need to buy it again on each platform.
