SDM#006 gets a feline friend

In an intensive two day operation, SDM#006, has had ServoCat installed. In what is thought to be a world first, all cables sdm006scathave been routed internally and the ServoCat control box has been neatly hidden away inside the rocker box. Apart from being a very beautiful solution, it’s practical too – the main electronic components are shielded from the extremely humid Queensland conditions. Furthermore, the telescope can now be powered either from a ground board externally connected power supply or from its own internally mounted battery at the flick of a switch.