This is my remote imaging setup at ARGO's visitor telescope pad during the July 4, 2000 imaging session. The telescope configuration is a Fastar C8 mounted side by side with an Orion Telescopes & Binoculars Argonaut™ 150mm Maksutov-Cassegrain. A covered table is used for the laptop to control the SBIG ST-237 CCD Camera. The silver solar blankets are use to relect the hot summer Sun keeping the equipment and tailer's inside cool.

On the ground by the front of the trailer is a Honda EM1800X 1.5kVA AC generator that is used to recharge five group 27 deep cycle batteries that are next to the generator. It takes about 3 hours to recharge all the batteries and is usually done right after lunch when ARGO's generator is running. The batteries are use all the time for powering the equipment. The generator and batteries are covered with a solar blanket to reduce the temperature during the hot sunny day. 12 Volt battery chargers covered with a solar blanket are between the batteries and the table.

Deep cycle battery configuration

1. G-11 telescope mount and dew heaters
2. Laptop
3. SBIG ST-237 CCD Camera
4. Imaging processing computer during the day
5. The fifth battery was used to power the Cookbook CB245 water pump when it was used in the past.

The trailer is used as work place after setting up. Below shows the sheilfs and a bench to sit on.

Inside the trailer is where I do image processing during the day and where I plan the upcomming evening's imaging session. This is an older photo when I use the trailer at home next to the driveway. Notice I store the AC generator in the trailer when it is not being used.

This is how the packing of the trailer looks like upon returning from ARGO. A removeable 2x4 board across the back holds the fold out table and creates a storage shelf when traveling. Computer monitors are placed in the van when traveling.