Gate Crashing the OAS Deep Sky Camp.

[carastro]

Yes l have seen the Belt of Venus and Earth’s shadow quite a few times at Cairds.

This was taken in 2019. Also with my camping obsy and my campervan which l had then.

[pakarinen]

That's an Omegon tent, yes? How do / did you like it?

[Graeme1858]

Yes l have seen the Belt of Venus and Earth’s shadow quite a few times at Cairds.

This was taken in 2019. Also with my camping obsy and my campervan which l had then.

Thanks Carole

That's just like the one we saw.

[Graeme1858]

Lol!

[carastro]

That's an Omegon tent, yes? How do / did you like it?

I think it has the name SkyTech or Astro-Tech on the side, (It's all folded away in it's bag now so can't check).

I love it, but I can't say the original design was up to the job, I have had to do a lot of modifications. But now it is great.

Modifications:
1. It arrived with a silly roof cover that hardly fitted over the edge of the roof, kept on with Velcro. I decided right at the start to add a 10" pelmet and also added clips to attach it to the sides when the roof is in place. (that helps enormously with getting the roof back on in the dark.

2. The roof poles went through the side of the tent on first use. All there was was a tiny pocket and the fabric of the tent itself holding all the tension. So I made strong new pockets to replace them.

3. There are supposed to be 4 doorways, all are arched with nylon zips (also under tension). One camp the zips all failed and I was left with 4 open doorways!!! So after scratching my head, I decided to stitch up 3 doorways, and constructed a Square door NOT UNDER TENSION) for one doorways and bought some heavy duty zips.

4. The pieces that the wall rods and the tent pegs go into, several have split and had to get some more 3D printed.

5. The rods at the top form a circumference to keep the top round and steady, these are also under tension, and were starting to shatter into long strips. Unable to find any replacement rods the right size or length, I have had to strap them round and round along the length with tape. That seems to be working OK.

So all in all, a lot of work to make it "up to the task".

I have many photos of the Mods if you are interested to see them, but is it appropriate for this thread?

Carole

OK: Write up on modifications now on this page:
https://www.theskysearchers.com/viewtop ... 83#p253683

[Graeme1858]

I have many photos of the Mods if you are interested to see them, but is it appropriate for this thread?

Carole

Sounds like you have done a lot of work on the pod Carole!

Feel free to start a thread in the "Other Accessories" Forum here:

https://www.theskysearchers.com/viewforum.php?f=35

Graeme