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Complete Remote Operated Telescope System, What Scope am i looking for?
I would like to mount a small telescope on the roof of my house encased in a plexiglass or other clear dome and make it so it is completely remote operated, including capable of taking pictures. Ok so ive found that i will need to get a pc connection kit and CCTV camera kit that work with a telescope thats easy, what i am looking to find out though is what telescope would be the best size wise (as small as possible with reasonable power), and full remote operation. I found the ETX-60, ETX-70 made by Meade which seem to e what im looking for however i am unsure if the ETX-60 will have a remote operated focus and be 100 percent remote. I see that it will be able to move vertical and horozontal which is great but i need to be sure it will remotely focus too. Please help
The ETX's that you are looking at are woefully inadequate for the task you want to perform. You would far better served saving up your money for something like the LX-200 or the Celestron equivalent, or better (cost get to be a significant factor for telescopes over 10" in diameter).
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/howto/diy/3305721.html
http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~fringwal/opps.html
Remote control of an observatory does take quite a bit of equipment, knowledge and money.
Examples -
http://www.observingstars.com/robotic_observatory_project.htm
http://www.starshadows.com/aboutus/index.cfm?PageID=10
http://www.global-rent-a-scope.com/
A way to do this is to make sure that the equipment is ASCOM compliant -
http://ascom-standards.org/
Then get build your observatory - without the Plexiglas dome (very bad idea). Like any other these examples -
http://obs.nineplanets.org/obs/obslist.html
Now cameras are getting better, so that's not too much of a problem. Heres a source for that information -
http://www.astrovid.com/
For software, you can also get an an all in one solution like this -
http://www.bisque.com/sc/
This isn't meant to scare you away from what you want to do, but help put some perspective in to what is required for a decent observatory setup.
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