Grafana Dashboard for my pair of UKRAA Cosmicwatch Muon Detectors still shows cyclical variation in levels every few hours
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I moved them away from power sockets and still show this cyclical variation below.
Magnetometer sensitivity to vibrations & orientation.
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If the computer shows “connected to network” but ping fails.
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How to fix Stellarium Planetarium Application freezing when launched under Linux Ubuntu
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astro-all meta package in Linux Ubuntu
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Install range of astronomy software under Linux Ubuntu
sudo -s sudo apt install astro-all