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Greetings all, I have my observatory on a very flat concrete pad in the AZ desert & when we get rains in Monsoon season quite a bit of water seeps in under the bottom of the panels. I first tried a polyurethane caulk around the outer perimeter that didn't seem to do much good. I also tried that Phil Swift FlexSeal paste - I glommed that on pretty good over the polyurethane & smoothed it out to be flush with the outer rounded lip & angled slightly out as it gets to the concrete surface, but I'm still getting leakage. Does anybody have a successful solution? Thanks, stevieray

After loads of work and modifications, I've finally got the dome syncing in N.I.N.A. I do have an issue with the dome returning to the home/park position at the end of the night. First, I have the slit centered on NCP with my scope at that point as well. I have the rotation motor mounted on the west side (approx 270 degrees). The dome is mounted on a square observatory, not the round walls. The magnet is connected to the rotation motor controller housing (factory) and I have the magnet taped on the dome, so that when the 2 are aligned, the slit is at NCP. So this makes my home and park position the same (charger is located under the slit). After a night of observing, when I tell the system to park, the scope goes back to NCP as expected and the dome will rotate to near home, close but not near enough to engage the charger. (2, 3 or 4 degrees off). I've started doing a full calibration before beggining my imaging just to see if that helps, but it doesn't. (the dome seems to sync with the scope throughout the night. Any one else have this issue? Was wondering if I replaced the magnet with a micro switch to see if that works better (more acurate)? Thoughts?

Does anyone know if the company is off on vacation, I've been trying to contact them about a order for a month? I'm looking to order 2 observatories and am now at a stage to run the underground electrical, but if NexDome is out of business, I need to pause and find another solution before proceeding. I'm at a loss trying to contact these people. Thanks for any help.