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Moving to a Remote Hosting Site - Part 4: Installation
Workflow, Software, Equipment Willem Jan Drijfhout Workflow, Software, Equipment Willem Jan Drijfhout

Moving to a Remote Hosting Site - Part 4: Installation

After six years of imaging from my backyard, the decision was made to move one of the rigs to a remote hosting site. In a number of blog-posts you can follow along on this journey. Part 1 is about goals, site selection and hard- and software. Part 2 is about design and remote controlling tools while in part 3 everything was put together and tested. This Part 4 is all about moving to and installation at the remote site, calibration and first light.

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Moving to a Remote Hosting Site - Part 3: Ready to Ship
Workflow, Software, Equipment Willem Jan Drijfhout Workflow, Software, Equipment Willem Jan Drijfhout

Moving to a Remote Hosting Site - Part 3: Ready to Ship

After six years of imaging from my backyard, the decision was made to move one of the rigs to a remote hosting site. In a number of blog-posts you can follow along on this journey. Part 1 described the goals, site selection and general considerations around software and hardware. Part 2 focused on the design and tools used to control the rig and how to do that remotely. Part 3 will show how everything has been built and tested. The system is now ready to be shipped.

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Moving to a Remote Hosting site - Part 2: Command and Control
Workflow, Software, Equipment Willem Jan Drijfhout Workflow, Software, Equipment Willem Jan Drijfhout

Moving to a Remote Hosting site - Part 2: Command and Control

After six years of imaging from my backyard, the decision was made to move one of the rigs to a remote hosting site. In a number of blog-posts you can follow along this journey into the unknown. Part 1 was about goals and site selection. Part 2 describes the design and tools used to control the rig and how to do that remotely.

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Moving to a Remote Hosting site - Part 1
Workflow, Equipment, Software Willem Jan Drijfhout Workflow, Equipment, Software Willem Jan Drijfhout

Moving to a Remote Hosting site - Part 1

After six years of imaging from my backyard, I have decided to move one of the rigs to a remote hosting site. In a number of blog-posts you can follow along on this journey. Part 1 describes the reasons behind the decision, the selection of a hosting site, goals and some higher level consequences for software and equipment.

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