Hi all,
the last months have brought a considerable rise in active users and observations - for what I am very grateful.
My apologies if sometimes I am not very reactive on inquiries or problems, I have been very busy between the pandemic and all.
Anyway, a little look in the future:

The CDK500 is supposed to be shipped to Nerpio by end of this week. And I hope to have it operative by end of march 2021. This will add considerable imaging capacity, especially for photometry as we have those filters onboard 🙂
The iDK 20" will get a new CMOS camera soon. I was planning on swapping it in may, however the sensor chip producer underestimated the market request, slipping delivery towards July. I expect it to be mounted and ready on the scope by October 2021. Also, I have a new 3,5nm Ha filter ready which we will insert instead of the current 7nm one.
The Veloce 200 in Namibia will get a visit from myself in may 2021. I will swapt the filters with newer ones which should reduce halos and reflections. Also, I will add one "dark" filter to be able to get better darks and bias frames. The big work will be to get the orthogonality and collimation spot on. This time I will have assistance from veteran Veloce owner Harel Boren, as well as remote support from the opticians at Officina Stellare. I really count to nail it this time.
The Veloce 200 in Spain has some issue swith the new (!) computer which we are investigating. It has sudden, sporadic reboots which are not helpful during the night...
The 16" Meade Photometric system will be installed, if all goes well, in May, and be operative by June. We have to wait until the new roll-off roofs are operational to get them going
We are planning for a new instrument in Namibia, ETA spring 2022 in a dome. Not sure which one, but I am considering a 20" f3.8 corrected newton with a 4040 CMOS camera.

Any input or consideration is welcome 😄

Clear skies
Lukas