Anthony Horton on Nostr: My improvised power bank on a piece of string setup worked well last night, and ...

My improvised power bank on a piece of string setup worked well last night, and provided more than enough juice to run the telescope all night long. With the internal battery alone the Seestar is supposedly good for 6-7 hours, a bit less if you're using the dew heater (which I will do), so having external power is handy.

I've set up a plan for tonight in the app, and put the telescope and power bank outside on the tripod ready. Again I'll be starting with a reflection nebula until the Moon comes up, then will switch to emission nebulae using the light pollution filter, then finish up with a planetary nebula, again using the light pollution filter.

We should be back from dinner about 7 pm, at which point I'll turn on the telescope, check the polar alignment, and tell it to execute the plan.

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