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 […]
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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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We have a Winner! We had a great response to the New Year image processing competition, with a total of 21 entries, all of which were to a very high standard. In the end, there could only be one winner and Harry Page has decided that the crown should go to: Steve Benz Congratulations to
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Hunga-Tonga Volcano As you are aware, a massive volcanic eruption took place in the southern Pacific Ocean at the weekend. At the time of writing the exact extent of the catastrophe is not yet clear. Simon Lewis has provided us with evidence of the tremendous forces of nature at play, captured by his CloudWatcher and
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PushOver messages from a Windows script (.bat) file CloudWatcher, Dragonfly… It is often very useful to be able to receive instant notifications upon certain events happening in your observatory … or just at your computer. Nowadays we’re recommending the PushOver tool for this purpose – as it supports a wide range of devices, works great,
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Lunatico New Year Imaging Contest 2022 The family have gone home, you’ve eaten all the Christmas treats you can manage and watched all of your favourite holiday films. The skies are cloudy. What to do? Well, we’ve got the answer for those dull January days. Lunatico has a new Instagram channel, but the problem is,
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Lunatico Software Security The Internet can be a dangerous place and even with modern antivirus software, it is possible to download malicious software masquerading as a legitimate product. In recognition of this problem, reputable software companies such as Lunatico will always (except on beta versions) use a software certificate to confirm the validity of their
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Lunatico Support Policy At Lunatico we always strive to offer the best possible support, to make it as easy as possible to use our products, many of which are more complex than they might at first seem. Indeed, some require a degree of programming knowledge in order to use them to their full potential. If you
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Using the Solo with ZeroTier This is part of an occasional series that takes a closer look at our flagship products, in order to help you to unlock their full potential. Today we show you how to simplify and protect access to your Solo using the ZeroTier network. Although it appears daunting, the whole process
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Helical microfocuser vs. traditional https://youtu.be/LgTmL3pGtmY For guiding, and imaging in general, we prefer – by far – the traditional focuser (the black one in the video, our EZG); way more travel and, above all, much more rigidity. Rigidity is, for sure, the most important feature of a guidescope, with (probably) field of view being
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