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Observatory & Equipment

Even though the village is very small, it is not exactly dark. A few too many sodium streetlights and a fully lit church plus a very small back garden led me to Go East...

I was lucky to find a site thats about 1000 yards from the village, along a deserted farm lane, that had electricity to a large farm shed nearby and was un obstructed line of sight to my house in the village.

Unfortunately there is still quite a strong sky glow from Felixstowe, but its about as dark as you can get in the east of England.

I decided to go fully robotic, using a SkyShed and a high speed link to my house coupled with ACP and all the other bits needed to ensure remote, weathersafe operation.

I might get it all working in a year or so....
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Equipment Details
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