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| I have nowhere to store my scope, so over Christmas I had to move it upstairs to make room for the Christmas tree and all the decorations. Also, to make space for guests coming round over the holidays. It's now back downstairs and ready to be taken outside as soon as we get clear skies. Does anyone else live with these limitations? |
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| Mine are always out so no, none of those. |
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Unfortunately I don't think my better half would be too keen on me keeping everything ready to go downstairs. I try and keep everyth8ng as assembled as I can. The mount is kept in the shed and just needs lifting out and I only have a small Redcat so I'm able to keep the whole imaging chain assembled in a case so it's not too bad. Although I've got my eye on something bigger and that may not be possible soon. |
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| At most I leave my RASA up for 3 days or so in the yard (I'm on the edge of Los Angeles). I have a music room behind the garage where the scope stuff gets packed away. When the weather permits I'm way out in the deserts searching for dark skies. I have dedicated cases for everything since I often end up camping on some remote dirt road. |
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| I used to store my gear in the dining room, which had a door to the backyard and allowed me to lug out the equipment quickly for imaging nights. After some gentle nudging from my wife, and then some not so gentle nudging from my wife that this was not an appropriate storage location, I decided to get a more permanent setup. Now my mount and telescope are almost always outside. When not being used, it's under a Telegizmos 365 cover. When I plan on imaging, I take the cover off and uncap the telescope a few hours before dark. It's nice to be up and running with just a few minutes of setup time. I only bring the telescope and mount in if we're going away for more than a day or two, or if we get high winds. |
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Maybe we discovered a new business idea: How to turn a 10" f4 Newtonian into a nice christmas tree  I have to live with the limitations that my rigs have to be portable due to lack of a garden observatory and I have to do a 20 min walk to my observation place. Therefore I have two backpacks, one for my nighttime gear, the other for my daytime solar imaging gear. Gear is always ready to go in case there is a sufficiently long period of clear skies ... So in the worst case I could put my backpacks under the christmas tree  Best regards Wolfgang |
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| I feel ya pain, when having to move gear in and out. I simply got fed up having to lift gear in and out and opted to build my own roll off roof observatory in my garden. Not everyone of course has the room, but if you can afford it I would recommend it. Having to simply roll the roff off and be lmaging in 10 minutes was the best move I made. No worries about making room for the Xmas tree. |
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| My gear was not in the way of the holidays. I have a spare bedroom that is my computer/astronomy room. I have thought about a roll-off observatory, but since my location seems to average 5 or less decent nights for imaging per month, I couldn't justify the cost/effort. Winters can be brutal here in Wisconsin. I have not had a clear night without high winds and/or sub 0F temperatures since Christmas. |
