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)?
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General
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.
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TARSIER – Test report
This month we tested a versatile focus motor manufactured by Lunático; the so-called Tarsier. It is a fully autonomous motorized focuser system, without the need for a computer and compatible with most of the focusers on the market. Let’s see how it works.
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Polemaster – Test report
Revista ASTRONOMIA nº215 | mayo 2017 No hace mucho, Lunático sacó al mercado un buscador de la Polar electrónico. Se trata de un accesorio que mejora la precisión de la puesta en estación de una montura ecuatorial. Veamos cómo funciona. FIGURA 1. El Polemaster se posiciona por mérito propio como un accesorio indispensable si necesitas
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Why is it best to guide with a short scope?
Autoguiding is one of the most challenging tasks to master in astrophotography; nowadays, with digital cameras (CCD or CMOS), manual guiding makes no sense, as it is almost impossible to keep the required accuracy, even more with the ever-increasing exposure times everyone is using.
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How to drill aluminium?
The Lunático plates, and others, are designed for been apt to be easily adapted for the use that you wish to give them.
That is the reason why we make them in solid aluminum that shows much less machining problems that extruded forms.
We need:
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