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Friday 24th 39F, bright sunshine with cloud promised for later.
08.00 Cool but bright. Not much to see on Gong H-a. Captured a video of the pale spot on the eastern equator. 50 stacked of 1000 frames. Fast moving cloud moving in from the NW. The forecast was for cloud after 10am.
While it was not possible to image I worked on the mounting. There needed to be more clearance for the RA worm housing from the pier top plate. So I cut a notch and then found the telescopes a little unbalanced when free of the RA worm.
With this attended to I returned to SharpCap and serious thermal boiling on the limb. Add extra cloud and I really ought to find another pastime!
I also took a link out of the drive chain for the dome rotation. It had been a bit slack and threatened to derail. Another problem fixed.
While it was not possible to image I worked on the mounting. There needed to be more clearance for the RA worm housing from the pier top plate. So I cut a notch and then found the telescopes a little unbalanced when free of the RA worm.With this attended to I returned to SharpCap and serious thermal boiling on the limb. Add extra cloud and I really ought to find another pastime!
I also took a link out of the drive chain for the dome rotation. It had been a bit slack and threatened to derail. Another problem fixed.
11.02 Another capture through thin cloud. Hardly worth the effort!
11.54 Much better seeing conditions despite being though cloud.
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