www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8vIXD1kois

Here's an old video, still pretty relevant. You definitely want to try it out before you let it go. Build a fake schedule with a simulator camera and run through the mechanics during the day. See how your observatory controller interacts with Ekos and make sure it does what you want it to do. I'd make the mount move and leave the scope covered in case it goes across the sun (and use the camera simulator to fake some data collection).

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