Cloudy with a Chance of….

Cloudy….Rain….Wind…

There have been two firmware releases for the Dwarf 3 since my last clear night. Think about that for just a second. Either Dwarflabs is having a quality control issue or I have been socked in for far too long. I think it is probably a little bit of both. Speaking of the weather, it has been in the upper 50’s during the day. At night, it’s dropping into the 40’s. The colder the better for astrophotography as the seeing improves raising the quality of the images. I also like the winter sky more than the summer sky. Back to the weather, the forecast shows cloudy skies for the next seven days. Bummer.

What to do while the weather is rough? I am setting up my ZWO setup. Making sure everything powers on, the firmware is updated, and all the individual systems are working. My setup is quite advanced. It has everything from an auto-focus, special filter wheel, and wifi. There are many other things in my setup that I can’t even remember. I have not used it in a long time. I will take some images and explain things. I also have a heck of a EQ tripod. Very heavy to move, very confusing to setup, and hard to use, but the images are majestic. More to follow…