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Home Observatory - Getting it ready for the 23/24 astro photography season

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It is September and the astro darkness has finally reached the northern part of Sweden here at 63 degrees north. Even though I have clouds now I need to get ready for a new season and hopefully get as much data, or more, as last season.
In this video I will clean the observatory, the telescope and my equipment and update all software on the computer that I use to control everything. I thought you might be interested in follow along in that process, so enjoy the video and stay tuned for more videos with new and exciting data.
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My equipment
SkyWatcher HEQ5 Pro (belt mod and SKF bearings)
SkyWatcher EvoStar 80ED Pro (0,85x FF/FR)
SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50ED
ZWO ASI294MM Pro
ZWO ASI120MM Mini
ZWO EAF Automatic Focuser
ZWO EFW Electronic Filter Wheel, 7 position 36mm
ZWO LRGB broadband and SHO narrowband filters
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4 сен 2024

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Комментарии : 26

@jacquesbeauropert 11 месяцев назад

A real little palace😉

@frosthastrophotography 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much, that made my day!

@sk-hl9js 11 месяцев назад

Nice to meet you Maarten.SAN I live near Yokohama, where the night sky is bright. Great video, I watched it in one sitting. I was also planning to build an observation room with a sliding roof, but suddenly I suffered a myocardial infarction, and my doctor stopped building a sliding roof due to the amount of work involved. Instead, we built a 3m diameter dome made by a domestic dome company and are observing extra-solar galaxies using EdgeHD1100+EQ8. Although I did not have the joy and sense of accomplishment of completing the roof tower like you, I enjoy observing the stars every day from the white dome. I hope you're well and I'll see you again.

@frosthastrophotography 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for watching and writing this comment, that made my day! I'm a bit jealous of your mount :) Feel better and hope you have clear skies.

@DoctorRickOD Год назад

I enjoy your videos and admire your dedication to the hobby. No darkness during the summer and bitterly cold during the winter. Wow! That's rough. My backyard observatory is a cement pier on my back patio, where it's rarely below 45 degrees (7 C) in the winter (California) and usually no wind. I wear a parka when it's below 55 (13 C) or so. Keep up the good work!

@frosthastrophotography Год назад

Thank you so much for watching and your kind words. I will keep chasing cloud free dark night regardless of temperarature :)

@GediAstro Год назад

This was great! It was really helpful to see how you have your image train setup! I was really struggling with that when I bought my telescope.

@frosthastrophotography Год назад

Thank you my friend :)

@jensleuteritz6827 Год назад

Hi Maarten, I enjoy your videos as much as enjoying traveling your country. :-) A year or so ago I used your Hypertune-Video for the HEQ5 and did the same to my mount. It has been sold and changed for an EQ6R, but I will never forget how smooth everything was after the tuning. So thanks for the tutorial! One thing I noticed in this video is (just by looking of course, you will have a better feeling for that), that both DEC and RA-axis seem to be still a bit stiff. I noticed it when they reach their "end point" in your balancing, so they seem to stop very prompt (no better words). I had the same with my EQ6 and balancing was a bit tricky, until I loosened both axis with their respective counterscrews (which are a bit different on the EQ6). So it might be helpful for you to check again if both axis are not screwed in too tight. Just an observation. My balancing got so much better after the tuning. If it is fine for you, no worries. Keep up the good work here on YT and clear skies to you from Germany!

@frosthastrophotography Год назад

Thank you for the kind words and for watching! There is still room for improvement, but I would also like to have a bigger mount :)

@Branhil Год назад

Excellent content - again. Very nicely described the standard cleanup we have to face prior to the start of the season. I am very curious as to how you did the alignment mentioned at 41:00. How did you do that in details in order not to re-align every time you start up the obdservatory? I am always using NINA to do so per plate solving, but there must be a better way to have a precise starting align ment when you power-on the obsy. Thanks again and cs to yoo.

@frosthastrophotography Год назад

Hi! Thank you for watching. I have created a "observatory park position" in EQMOD for my mount and I always park the scope to that position. That is stored in the EQMOD so when I power up it knows the exact position of the telescope. I never move it to "home position" but slew to the target from the park position and then plate solve to sync the position.

@aleixandrus Год назад

Do you feel you need to clean you filters and sensor? If not, it greatly simplifies the process. I saw many times how people recommend to NOT clean filters except the dirty really shows in pics :) , to preserve the outer layer of glass protection. I suppose this depends on the manufacturer and filter quality... This is just an observation, no I critique by any means, to know your thoughts about this topic as your experience if far superior than mine!

@frosthastrophotography Год назад

Thank you for watching! No, I agree, you should not touch them if not needed. I really only touched one filter that had some dirt that would not be removed with just air.

@meibergstrmandersen9181 8 месяцев назад

Nice video, i am inspired by you to build a small home observatory of 2x3 meters for a 115MM refractor, we're in bortle 4-5 just north of Copenhagen. When you leave the telescope in the observatory during the year, the optics do not degrade, due to changes in temperature and humidity ?

@frosthastrophotography 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching! No, nothing negative impacted the telescope. I do monitor and prevent moisture though.