CloudWatcher vs TESS-W Theo J. A. van Aerts, a fine customer of ours, has been comparing CloudWatcher and TESS-W in order to make an educated choice. He did a very thorough study and was kind enough to share it with us. Theo adjusted the Darkness Reference Value, which we set to 19.6 by default, to […]
Fixed UTC Offset in SOLO As you probably already know, Lunatico’s SOLO CloudWatcher allows the user to specify the time zone the device lives in by navigating to https://aagsolo/config in your internet browser and selecting the wrench icon. This value is very important, as it affects: The time in the X-axis of the charts in
Calling all astrophotographers! Got any astroimage that you’d like to share with the world? Email it to us at astropromotion@lunaticoastro.com or send us an Instagram DM at @lunatico_astro, and we will share it on our social media, crediting you and adding the information you want (your webpage, socials, etc). What do you get from this?
New light sensor for the CloudWatcher From Lunaticoastro we’ve been improving the CloudWatcher since its launch more than 15 years ago; these upgrades (high-quality anemometer, humidity sensor, improved rain sensor, atmospheric pressure…) have usually been relatively straightforward – well, with some bumps along the road, but quite a smooth experience in general 🙂 This
Lunático Astronomía recently attended the Practical Astronomy Show 2023 (PAS 23) in the UK, where we had the opportunity to showcase our latest products to astronomy enthusiasts. We were thrilled to present our range of innovative automation solutions for astronomers’ observatories, including the CloudWatcher, the Solo, and the Dragonfly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAkV4BdCRt8&t=240s The star of our display
Cyclone Gabrielle Source: NZ Herald Located between two tectonic plates, New Zealand is no stranger to severe natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Lately, we’ve been experiencing some extreme weather events, the most notable being Cyclone Gabrielle, which wreaked havoc in the country and in whose aftermath many families continue to face difficulties.
Taking your CloudWatcher to the Next Level Note: this is a post made by the user Will B in our forum, you can access the original here — you will need to be registered (it’s free) to see it and download the .stl files. Thank you Will for your insight! Introduction This is an update to
Lunatico – much more than the CloudWatcher If you have purchased a CloudWatcher, you are the owner of our flagship product, which has been in production now since 2008 in which time over 2200 units have been sold worldwide. You have probably heard of, or own the Solo and possibly also the Dragonfly. If you
Lunatico and the Environment Hands up if, like me, you are old enough to have owned a computer monitor as deep as it was wide. If you did, the chances are, that unlike the drawer full of old phones and chargers, you took your no-longer-state-of the-art 1024 x 768 17” colossus to your recycling depot
Windows 10 unwanted reboots (avoiding them, that is) Windows 10 (not 11, not yet!) has proven to be quite solid and in general friendly to have in the observatory… except for its awful tendency to reboot as it sees fit after downloading and installing an upgrade. Last night I forgot updates were active again (after
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