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Steve Fisher
"Curmudgeon in Training"
Reged: 08/12/06
Posts: 1728
Loc: Utah
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First night in a Home Dome
07/04/09 04:55 PM Attachment (75 downloads)
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Well here it is. The first report of my experience with my new to me 6HD-T Home Dome.
I picked this dome up used in May and have spent alot of time cleaning, repairing and replacing cables, pulleys and other maintenance. Lot's of defered maintenance!
I had the firmware updated by Technical Innovations to Ver.4 of Digital Dome Works and now have a great old Dell Computer running Digital Dome Works ver.5.2, Windows XP and The Sky 6 Professional.
Last but not least I bought an older C-8 and dovetail to mount on my CGE, since my 6" f/12 D&G will not fit in this dome.
Everything came together and I had my first chance last night to use the dome, scope and software.
As I reassembled the dome and leveled it on my concrete pad it became obvious that there wouldn't be much room in the dome. I had said from the first that I would be looking for a Stella Cam or the like and try to use this setup for some form of imaging. Once I put the CGE in there my thoughts were confirmed. There is not alot of room in here.
It was a very uncomfortable night due to lack of space but the dome performed well the mount is a proven performer and the C-8? Well it is a piece of junk. The optics seem good or better but the image shift is unbelievable! I got rooked on this purchase but I'll get it dialed in.
The final vote is that the Home Dome 6HD-T is a great observatory for imaging or remote operation but don't plan on any star parties for the public in there.
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Steve
8" f/12 D&G Achromat Refractor Delivered 08/27/09
6" D&G f/12 Achromat Refractor
66mm f/6.1 William Optics Petzval
6" f/8 Celestron Starhopper
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"Never try to teach a pig to sing, It wastes your time and it annoys the pig". (Robert Heinlein)
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