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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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Downloads

POCKETCW2 More information BUY IT NOW (EUROPE) BUY IT NOW (ROW) USER MANUAL pocketCW2 SOFTWARE & DOWNLOADS Manuals and other documentation Blog articles about the pocketCW2 User manuals The essentials: User manual First steps (PC) First steps (smartphone) Other guides: Calibrating the darkness reference value pocketCW2 configuration tool Outdated: User manual for pocketCloudWatcher (version 1)

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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 Caterpillar 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 newsletter

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Placement of the anemometer - cloudwatcher

CloudWatcher Anemometer Placement

CloudWatcher Anemometer Placement You’ve received the parcel with your brand new CloudWatcher and Solo plus accessories and are excitedly unboxing the contents and looking forward to setting up your observatory’s weather station.  At this moment, you might be inclined to dismiss the anemometer as a cheap piece of plastic that you could have built yourself,

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Emergency priority PushOver messages from the Dragonfly

Emergency priority PushOver messages from the Dragonfly Starting today, any PushOver message sent by the Dragonfly, if it includes the word Alarm (capital A), will be sent to your smartphone as emergency priority. This means: the message will be repeated every 30 seconds, until acknowledged, for as long as 10 minutes You can adjust PushOver

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