Cloud detection
Rain sensor: Capacitive or Hydreon version, what to choose?
Rain sensor: Capacitive or Hydreon version, what to choose? Capacitive sensor Hydreon RG-9 sensor High
debora
18 March 2021
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Focuser control
Remotely unplugging a USB device
Remotely unplugging a USB device So you’re sitting comfortably at your observatory, or even at
debora
19 February 2021
Cloud detection
Cloudwatcher + Solo, more IoT than ever
Cloudwatcher + Solo, more IoT than ever. With the new Solo software version, it will
debora
8 February 2021
General
10 Micron Mount network utility – a free tool by Lunatico Astronomia
It will allow you to power it off, or check if it is on or
debora
29 January 2021
Observatory control
PushBullet, PushOver – instant notifications
From Lunático we have been playing around a little bit with Node-RED – as they say “…a programming tool for wiring together hardware devices, APIs and online services in new and interesting ways.”
Truth is, it is fun, quite easy, and very useful and interesting things that can be accomplished with relatively little effort.
jaime
28 May 2020
Cloud detection
PushBullet notifications – now from the Dragonfly
For a long time, we’ve been using and recommending PushBullet as a very convenient way
jaime
3 December 2019
General
Exoplanet hunting for the bored astronomer
I’m not the first to become a bit tired of shooting pretty pictures every night.
debora
17 October 2019
Cloud detection
Some notes about cloud detection and the CloudWatcher
Cloud detection is, unfortunately, not straightforward. Nobody has yet found a fail-proof way to determine
debora
3 October 2019
Cloud detection
PocketCloudWatcher: Test report
LUNÁTICO ASTRONOMÍA POCKET CLOUD WATCHER (“Astronomía” Magazine nº. 238 – April 2019) This month we
debora
1 April 2019
Autoguiding
About focuser controllers
Why is an external controller like the Armadillo, Platypus, Tarsier or Limpet better than an “all in one” (focuser with embedded motor and cables)?
debora
3 March 2019
Cloud detection
Making the Solo, Platypus or Dragonfly more easily accessible in the network
With recent Windows 10 “updates”, and the treatment Microsoft is giving to all computers and
debora
9 January 2019
Cloud detection
Node-RED tutorial (for Dragonfly and CloudWatcher SOLO)
From Lunático we have been playing around a little bit with Node-RED – as they say “…a programming tool for wiring together hardware devices, APIs and online services in new and interesting ways.”
Truth is, it is fun, quite easy, and very useful and interesting things that can be accomplished with relatively little effort.
debora
15 June 2018
Post list
- New Customer Support Centre in the US – Deep Space Products
- CloudWatchers spotted in the wild!
- NEAF 2025
- CloudWatcher, pocketCW2 and Solo software releases!
- Combining the Dragonfly, the CloudWatcher’s rain sensor, and the Hydreon RG-9 for an extra-safe setup
- Love TheSkyX Pro? Love our products too? Then you’ll certainly love these…
- Calibrating the darkness reference value
- Dragonfly for parking mounts and controlling humidifiers
- CloudWatcher vs TESS-W
- Fixed UTC Offset in SOLO
- Calling all astrophotographers!
- New light sensor for the CloudWatcher
- The Practical Astronomy Show 2023
- Cyclone Gabrielle
- Taking your CloudWatcher to the Next Level
- Lunatico, much more than the CloudWatcher
- Lunatico and the Environment
- Windows 10 unwanted reboots (avoiding them, that is)
- Lunatico New Year Image Processing Contest 2022 – We have a winner!
- Hunga-Tonga Volcano
- PushOver messages from a Windows script (.bat) file – CloudWatcher, Dragonfly…
- Imaging Contest Jan 2022
- Lunatico Software Security
- After Sales Support Policy
- Getting the most of your… Solo – Part 1
- CloudWatcher Anemometer Placement
- Emergency priority PushOver messages from the Dragonfly
- Helical microfocuser vs. traditional
- CloudWatcher related software
- How the Hydreon works with the CloudWatcher
- Hive
- New CloudWatcher software
- Imaging sensor dimensions
- CloudWatcher operated roll off roof
- Lunatico’s telescope pier head
- Nina and GNS
- Rain sensor: Capacitive or Hydreon version, what to choose?
- Remotely unplugging a USB device
- Cloudwatcher + Solo, more IoT than ever
- 10 Micron Mount network utility – a free tool by Lunatico Astronomia
- PushBullet, PushOver – instant notifications
- PushBullet notifications – now from the Dragonfly
- Exoplanet hunting for the bored astronomer
- Some notes about cloud detection and the CloudWatcher
- PocketCloudWatcher: Test report
- About focuser controllers
- Making the Solo, Platypus or Dragonfly more easily accessible in the network
- Node-RED tutorial (for Dragonfly and CloudWatcher SOLO)
- TARSIER – Test report
- Simple setup to safely close the roof with the CloudWatcher
- Polemaster – Test report
- Why is it best to guide with a short scope?
- How to drill aluminium?
