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Calibrating the darkness reference value

Calibrating the darkness reference value for the CloudWatcher and the pocketCW2 Calibration of the darkness reading of Lunatico devices Calibrating the darkness reading of our devices is actually a pretty straight-forward process. We will first give a bit of background on the matter, but feel free to skip to the calibration instructions if you would […]

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Latest Product News

Latest product news An overview of our products’ latest milestones! ~ The spotlight ~ The spotlight is reserved for a recent piece of news related to one of our products that is of particular interest. New CloudWatcher and pocketCW data display software released! The long anticipated new Windows software is now available in its very

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Dragonfly v.2.0 The Lunatico device to remotely control your roll-off roof observatory.

Dragonfly for parking mounts and controlling humidifiers

Dragonfly for parking mounts and controlling humidifiers Do you own a Dragonfly? Have you updated it to software version 2.5 and firmware version 4.6.7? If so, we have good news, because your Dragonfly has just become all the more useful! Parking mounts Your Dragonfly can now park mounts. Particularly, 10micron mounts (and other network-enabled mounts

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CloudWatcher vs TESS-W

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

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Fixed UTC Offset in SOLO

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

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More info

pocketCW2 More information BUY IT NOW (EUROPE) BUY IT NOW (ROW) USER MANUAL pocketCW2 USER MANUAL pocketCW v.1.0 SOFTWARE & DOWNLOADS User manuals • User manual • First steps (PC) • First steps (smartphone) • Calibrating the darkness reference value Other info • Launch information and features • New light sensor for the CloudWatcher and

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The Practical Astronomy Show 2023

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

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Cyclone Gabrielle

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.

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Caterpillar

CATERPILLAR Roof and dome products CaterpillarR USER MANUAL Latest Caterpillar news! —November 2023: the CaterpillarR (relay-focused model) is released into the market (not in the online shop yet, reach out if you’re interested!).   Curious about news relating to other products? Check out our latest product news page. You can also join our product news

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