What kind of changes to your activities/equipment due soley to your age. For instance, I downsized from a CGX mount and 10" astrograph to my current AVX and Explore Scientific ED 102. All other equipment is the same such as camera, ASIair, etc.
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I have a permanent setup in the observatory, so I didn't change anything. To be fair, I already installed a movable chain-hoist in the roof when I built it 10 years ago because already at the time the scope was 40kg and too heavy to lift into place manually.
But come to think of it there was a change related to age and increasing feebleness: I have a second, visual scope in the observatory, a heavy Meade 12" LX200GPS on a wedge. From time to time it's necessary to change the little CR2032 which powers the GPS memory, and to do that you need to get the scope down and open the base. The last time, a couple of years ago, I needed help from my wife, so I fixed that for good by reworking the main circuit board, drilling the casing and adding connections to an external battery holder. No more heavy lifting required !
But come to think of it there was a change related to age and increasing feebleness: I have a second, visual scope in the observatory, a heavy Meade 12" LX200GPS on a wedge. From time to time it's necessary to change the little CR2032 which powers the GPS memory, and to do that you need to get the scope down and open the base. The last time, a couple of years ago, I needed help from my wife, so I fixed that for good by reworking the main circuit board, drilling the casing and adding connections to an external battery holder. No more heavy lifting required !
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