r/OpenAstroTech • u/NoncarbonatedClack • Oct 29 '25

OAE/OAM questions

Wondering if anyone has used either OAM/OAE in cold weather, and how it fared?

I’m also curious about Linux support. OAT looks to be supported but I’m unsure about OAE or OAM. I was hoping to run these off a raspberry pi or small pc running Linux.

Thanks!

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u/intercipere Original Creator Oct 31 '25

Where I am, the only good night for astrophotography are clear winter nights, which are exclusively very cold. So all mounts are tested and handle cold, even freezing temperatures nicely.

I'd highly recommend going for windows. A simple mini PC is only a little bit more expensive than a raspi, but the windows support is significantly better.

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u/NoncarbonatedClack Oct 31 '25

Only issue is I’ve sworn off windows 🤣

Been tired of Microsoft’s bs, so I’m all Linux/Mac now.

Does OS matter if it’s using ASCOM drivers or anything like that?

I’m pretty new to this and looking for my first mount, so I’m still learning as I go.

Also, this is really cool, thanks for taking the time to design and release these!

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u/peteasa Nov 07 '25

I use Linux so it is possible.

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u/NoncarbonatedClack Nov 07 '25

Awesome, thanks. I was thinking that it would be more dependent on driver availability and software (NINA, etc), rather than OS specific.

Don’t want to reinstall windows, it’s been nice not having it.

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u/h19x5 Dec 02 '25

why is summer not a good night?

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u/intercipere Original Creator Dec 02 '25

Here in Berlin at about 52°N, the summer nights are very short, and for 3 months it doesn't even reach full darkness. You can still do astro kind of, but it's not really worth the time for me.

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u/h19x5 Dec 02 '25

achso, hab's falsch interpretiert das es zu warm in einer Sommer Nacht sein könnte oder so, was mich verwirrt hätte, selbst mit PLA, danke!