Brilliant ideas!! I especially love the bubble wrap - affordable and super effective. I haven’t tried it yet, but could an upside-down ice fishing tent work as a wind block? I really enjoy your videos - thanks so much!!
Bubblewrap is a good tip. I have all my gear in cases too but when traveling with the family (wife + 2 kids) I needed to strip down everything. Thankfully we also have a Model Y which is extremely roomy and I confiscated the subtrunk for astro + 1 case in the regular trunk 😬 and the harmonic mounts are a blessing too.
Very practical tips. I am a dome-less amateur astronomer so I use semitransparent plastic-bags over the telescope to take flatfields. The only dome I have is a con-dome, way to small for a C14.
I need to research the amperage draw from my setup - I have only run it on my Jackery 300 - EQ6-R Pro, ZWO cooled camera, heater, ASI AIR and an ASI EAF. I dropped from 99% into the 70s in an hour - when I lost my main target (I only had 1 or two images of my target before it went behind the trees), I need to see what the AMP draw on each of the items are to calculate how long it should run - or plug in the battery pack to the car/ car inverter to extend the usage. I do not think that I would go thru the trouble of running the setup for only 3 hours of pictures before the battery would die. This is a critical factor which I had not considered until August when I realized how much power my system was drawing. I may try to do the same setup with a different source for the heater and see if that helps.
Useful and simple ideas! Thank you so much
Brilliant ideas!! I especially love the bubble wrap - affordable and super effective. I haven’t tried it yet, but could an upside-down ice fishing tent work as a wind block? I really enjoy your videos - thanks so much!!
Great tip on the rubber gloves! Now I'm feeling a bit stupid, having taken my shoes off last time to unscrew stuck adapters 😅
Nice rig! ❤
Bubblewrap is a good tip. I have all my gear in cases too but when traveling with the family (wife + 2 kids) I needed to strip down everything. Thankfully we also have a Model Y which is extremely roomy and I confiscated the subtrunk for astro + 1 case in the regular trunk 😬 and the harmonic mounts are a blessing too.
I have blanket and pillows in the subtrunk 😁
Very practical tips. I am a dome-less amateur astronomer so I use semitransparent plastic-bags over the telescope to take flatfields. The only dome I have is a con-dome, way to small for a C14.
lol it took me a second
Very good info.I have the ZWO AM5 mount and I like it very much!
That mount works super well!
Love your channel. So interesting and informative
Glad you enjoy it!
@@the_space_koala plus I love Switzerland so seeing the incredible views on some of your videos is a bonus. Best wishes from Ireland
Thank you, good informations here :)
@@alexandreastronomy8022 oh I’m glad thanks!
I need to research the amperage draw from my setup - I have only run it on my Jackery 300 - EQ6-R Pro, ZWO cooled camera, heater, ASI AIR and an ASI EAF.
I dropped from 99% into the 70s in an hour - when I lost my main target (I only had 1 or two images of my target before it went behind the trees),
I need to see what the AMP draw on each of the items are to calculate how long it should run - or plug in the battery pack to the car/ car inverter to extend the usage.
I do not think that I would go thru the trouble of running the setup for only 3 hours of pictures before the battery would die.
This is a critical factor which I had not considered until August when I realized how much power my system was drawing.
I may try to do the same setup with a different source for the heater and see if that helps.
Which camera and how many degrees were you cooling to?
We have to buy a Tesla also? Elon perfectly use this video for the company :) Thank you for the video anyway.