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Combining the Dragonfly, the CloudWatcher’s rain sensor, and the Hydreon RG-9 for an extra-safe setup

The CloudWatcher is reliable, but even reliable isn’t infallible, learn how to make a failsafe for your CloudWatcher using an RG-9 and a Dragonfly.

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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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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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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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LATEST NEWS!

LATEST NEWS! 2024 Mar: New CW and pocketCW Data Display software released! 2024 Jan: We become partners of ASG’s Astronomy Picture of the Month contest 2024 Jan: We now have a page recording our products’ latest news, and a newsletter about them 2023 Dec: You can now see some of the companies and institutions that

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Lunatico's telescope pier with head

Lunatico’s telescope pier head

Lunatico’s telescope pier head versus other options in the market Please avoid this:  … this is probably the most common type of telescope pier head / mount coupling, and is to be avoided. Truth is, the base of the mount does not need to be perfectly level – what we’re looking for is a perfect alignment of the

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Good Night System GNS logo – solution for nighttime observatory monitoring.

Nina and GNS

N.I.N.A. and GNS We are proud to announce that, thanks to Nick Hardy, N.I.N.A. finally supports the Good Night System. It has been achieved by developing a custom plugin – you’ll need a current “nightly” build at this moment. We are really happy to welcome N.I.N.A. to the GNS ecosystem – thank you, Nick! The

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