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An observatory is born
Hi All,
Finally finished the roll off roof mechanism.
Even though there's no scope or mount in the obs, with the roof functional I'm happy to say it has been born and needs to be named.
I think I'm going with Eaglehawk Observatory, I know it's close to Mike's Eagleview, but my street is Eaglehawk. Who knows,maybe Mike will get lost one day and visit!
Details of the build to follow, but to start with it's a standard Stilla wooden shed, 3 x 2 m. The roof doesn't completely roll off to the South, but there's only a narrow window between my house and the double story next doors place, and it's South, so with the exception of transient phenomena if it's that low, I should be imaging at another time of the year.
Now for the fun part,getting the scopes and mount in and running!
Cheers
Stu
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