Very nice! I’m thinking that Polemaster might have trouble seeing the sky…
Jack
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Subject: [SARA] LRO Maser RT
Construction progressing
Andy
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Ahhh!....You have noticed the problem with my master plan…….
Andy
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Andy,
I 3D printed a waterproof box for the LNA that has a clip to attach a camera. That sits on top of the feed. To avoid RFI the camera will be used only during polar alignments and occasional plate solving:

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On Jun 30, 2026, at 12:33 PM, ja...@ganssle.com wrote:
Andy,
I 3D printed a waterproof box for the LNA that has a clip to attach a camera. That sits on top of the feed. To avoid RFI the camera will be used only during polar alignments and occasional plate solving:
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That’s a very neat box
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The camera in the picture is an astro camera; in reality I’ll use my Polemaster camera (which is loaned out right now), which does not need a telescope, as a normal guide camera would. It’s on the top of the cantenna, aimed at the sky.
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