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You just got a new subscriber. Excellent video and answered everything i wanted to know. Great job.

My focus tension got stuck 😭 any tips to untighten it?

Great video! Please explain couple points. If NUC computer switched off, could you switch it on remotely? Does this software have such capabilities?

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.

Nice! Showed exactly the features I was wondering about

This video is pure gold. Thank you

For this telescope do you need a camer or can you just look into the camera socket on the telescope and see what its aimed at

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)?

When you poured your pier, why did you not pour it all at once?

I use SplashTop personal. 😊 Excellent quality and free. Compatible with Windows and iPads. Clear Skies & God Bless.

thanks

How do you setup auto reboot and auto login, that you mentioned around minute 8. I can't find any option for that in Any Desk.

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?

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. -- th-cam.com/video/585Z0kbNrpg/w-d-xo.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.

Looks great! I recently switched from using any desk to Microsoft RDP, I almost can’t tell I’m using a remote session!

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.

Very good, now how do i use compass, because my stellarium app cannot calibrate compass..

That hill is real pretty, kinda looks like the Windows XP screensaver ;)

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.

Who is interested in learning more about the software I use to control my observatory remotely? 🔭

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.

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I'd manually set the time to utc offset. Many states have different time zones, and some Pueblo don't use daylight savings time.

Another year later still using the nexdome? Happy with it? Anything to look at or be aware of after you've had it for a while?

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!

The calibration was very hard for me to figure out thank you

how old are you actually ?

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.

of course Stellarium rules on pc and mobiles too i know this so long :) and while you have mobile with gps chip then better for you

Do you have personal contact info? How do I get in touch with you personally? Email, homing pigeon, telegraph, Morse code, fax?

Good review. I suggest you use only a small inset for your image and the larger part of the screen for the actual Stellarium screen.

Great to see you back and well done with the Observatory!!!

To quote Niels Bohr: "An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field."😁

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!

Why my stellarium plus does'nt show me the satellites ?

Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for!

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!

Awesome tour!

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...

Tip - pour your concrete monolithically, much, much stronger.

Do i need to re pay if i delete the app plz answer ?

Dude looks like your into fpv

Pros and cons of stellarium desktop vs Web? I believe stellarium desktop eats my laptops battery very quickly although I don't need access to the Internet? Is that so?

I'm planning on purchasing a Nexdome within the next 12 months, but I have items to purchase and build well before I slide that credit card. This video has been quite helpful. Congrats on the move and I you are settled into the new place.

Your setup looks great! Thanks for the video!!