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Old 25-04-2017, 07:21 PM
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An observatory from an old cubby house

Hi all, being new to this hobby (about 6 months) and having bought some cool equipment, I wanted to set up the scope and not dismantle it each time.

There was no way that my wife would allow me to build a new structure in the middle of the back yard.

So I thought, what about the old cubby house. You will see from the pic that it was not in an ideal position and elevated so camera shake would be a problem.

It was an issue I was prepared to put up with as I was intending to do it all via remote control from by garage via either Wifi or Power over ethernet connection.

This indeed would pose some interesting issues to overcome, but what the heck, it beats setting up the scope each night.

Anyway here is the pic of the cubby. Trees behind me but i would have a south to southwest outlook.

I am a newby at posting things, so i'll just post one pic at this stage of the old cubby. not sure of the file size.
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