Just a quick update: Condensation in the observatory is very bad at the moment.  The walls are lined internally with wood but the roof is bare metal which loves to grab moisture from the air and drop it on my cameras and laptop

In an attempt to fix this I’ve bought some polystyrene insulation boards which I’m attempting to glue to the roof panels.  I’m not too confident about this approach and currently have only glued 2 panels to see if it works.

I’ve changed laptops so the “new” Acer is now set-up as the main controller and my long exposure software is all installed and tested (mental note: must get a photo of the controller).

I’ve run into some problems with the scope control but the weather is too bad to open the roof so I can’t run any tests. Basically the scope seems to point 180 degrees (12hrs) off target!  I’ve checked all the usual suspects like system time, location, software configuration and I can’t find the issue.  I have changed a number of things so tracking down the cause may take a while:

• Planetarium software changed to StarCalc
• ASCOM upgraded to 6
• New laptop installed
• EQAscom latest version

More to follow …