Mercury Remote Observatory - Install, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Guide

Hardware

The observatory consists of:

  • ZWO AM5N equatorial mount
  • Apertura 75Q refractor telescope (75mm aperture, 405mm focal length, f/5.4)
    • ??? mounting plate
  • Apertura 75Q 0.75x focal reducer (to 303mm focal length, f/4)
  • ZWO ASI183MM Pro cooled monochrome camera (12-bit, 5496x3672 resolution, 2.4μm pixel size)
  • ZWO 7x2" Electronic Filter Wheel
  • 7x Optolong 2" filters (LRGBSHO)
    • Optolong Sulfur II / S-II Narrowband (6.5nm)
    • Optolong Hydrogen Alpha Narrowband (7nm)
    • Optolong Oxygen III / O-III Narrowband (6.5nm)
    • Optolong LRGB Imaging Filter Set
  • ZWO Electronic Automatic Focuser - Standard (5V Version)
    • ZWO temperature sensor
  • Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox v3
    • ?x 5.5mmx2.1mm dust plugs
    • ?x USB A dust plugs
    • Pegasus Astro 12V/20A XT60 Power Supply
  • Pegasus Astro Falcon Rotator (the discontinued "v1")
  • Beelink EQ13 mini PC (Intel N200, 16GB RAM, ??? storage)
  • Digital Loggers Pro Switch 10-port switchable AC hub
    • Brass SMA dust cap
  • Deep Sky Dad FP2 flat panel (FLAP100 for the Apertura 75Q with heater add-on)
  • 3x Dew-Not Dew Heaters
    • Dew-Not 6.5" DN02 (Guide scope)
    • Dew-Not 9" DN03 (Narrow portion of OTA)
    • Dew-Not 13" DN04 (Wide portion of OTA)
  • TP-Link Litewave 5-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch
    • ?x RJ45 dust plugs
  • Orion Mini 50mm Guide Scope (50mm aperture, 162mm focal length, f/3.2)
    • Dust cap
  • ZWO ASI120MM Mini monochrome guide scope camera (12-bit, 1280x960 resolution, 3.75μm pixel size)
  • Sipeed NanoKVM (Full version with case and external power support)
    • ??? SD card