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 […]
Lunatico New Year Image Processing Contest 2022 – We have a winner! Read More »
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
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,
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
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
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
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
How the Hydreon works with the CloudWatcher The Hydreon works by opening or closing a contact when it detects rain, and it’s been adapted to work with the CloudWatcher, who expects a variable reading depending on the amount of rain. A special cable has been devised, that will result in two different readings (from the
Hive Now that the CloudWatcher is able to measure more weather data than ever, that is: ambient temperature, sky reflected IR, humidity, atmospheric pressure, rain, wind… we are reactivating a project of old to apply machine learning to cloud and rain detection. The idea is to collect a huge amount of data, cloudwatcher sensor data and
