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22-05-2018, 09:29 PM
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Don't have a cow, Man!
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
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Very nice, Jen. Looks like a ripper and you have put a lot of thought into it. I hope it gives you many great years of service.
Curious, why the secrecy re the automated roof with the council?
Last edited by Bart; 23-05-2018 at 08:58 AM.
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23-05-2018, 05:40 AM
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Starcatcher
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Gerringong
Posts: 8,534
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Originally Posted by Jen
Aww awesome Eric you will be back in time for the snake valley Astro camp hehehe...
Hopefully my obs will be ready way before September 😱 Do you still have your beautiful SDM I fell in love with that scope 😍😍
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Great re your obs - I'll watch your progress reports.
Snake Valley in November - thinking seriously about it - probably at short notice if everything falls into place in time. I might have only binoculars to bring - everything else will be packed in boxes waiting for our new house to come into existence.
Yep, baby SDM#039 has been living in the northern hemisphere for five years, occasionally getting out at night and is dying to be under glorious southern skies again!
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23-05-2018, 08:33 AM
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Moving to Pandora
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Swan Hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bart
Very nice, Jen. Looks like a ripper and you have put a lot of thought into it. I hope it gives you man great years of service.
Curious, why the secrecy re the automated roof with the council?
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Thanks Bart 🤗🤗
The council was giving me a bit of grief 😡 So the less information I give them the better, and well.... I havnt finally decided what motor etc to use for the roof yet 😜😜
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23-05-2018, 11:10 AM
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Support your local RFS
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Wamboin NSW
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That's looking like a ripper Obs Jen.
Looking forward to seeing the photo's when it's finished.
Congrats
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23-05-2018, 11:13 AM
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PI cult recruiter
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 10,584
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Congrats, Jen! Sounds like it has been a tough project but the end is in sight.
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23-05-2018, 01:07 PM
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Moving to Pandora
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Swan Hill
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Thanks guys I'm one happy Astro girl right now 🤗🤗🤗
I will keep the updates flowing when I can 😜
It's been another slow week waiting for the colorbond to arrive 👽
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24-05-2018, 08:56 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Roma, Australia
Posts: 60
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piers
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Originally Posted by Jen
I picked up my two piers on Friday they have been nicely powder coated, they came out great coming from some old water pipes
Attachment 228431
oops I have no idea why they have come out sideways grrrr
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Jen, What sized scopes are you mounting on your piers?
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25-05-2018, 02:34 AM
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Moving to Pandora
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Swan Hill
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Hi Gnat 🤗 one of the piers I will have heq5 pro mount with a skywatcher ED/120 and the other one will be for friends to use until I decide to put another/bigger scope on there hehehe 😈😈
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26-05-2018, 08:15 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Roma, Australia
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Originally Posted by Jen
Hi Gnat one of the piers I will have heq5 pro mount with a skywatcher ED/120 and the other one will be for friends to use until I decide to put another/bigger scope on there hehehe
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What are the dimensions of the pipe (wall thickness and diameter)? I am still trying to decide on steel or concrete pier. My scope is much bigger- 10 inch Schmidt Newtonian so the pier steel will need to be bigger.
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26-05-2018, 10:30 PM
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Moving to Pandora
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Swan Hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gnat
What are the dimensions of the pipe (wall thickness and diameter)? I am still trying to decide on steel or concrete pier. My scope is much bigger- 10 inch Schmidt Newtonian so the pier steel will need to be bigger.
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G'day Gnat they are nearly 6" in diameter and they are 5mm in thickness and weigh around 28kilos.
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27-05-2018, 02:22 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NEWCASTLE NSW Australia
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how nice is that
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27-05-2018, 07:21 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: maryland newcastle AUSTRALIA
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very nice Jen you will be enjoying yourself now ,how come the piers arent purple
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27-05-2018, 11:43 AM
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Moving to Pandora
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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Originally Posted by alan meehan
very nice Jen you will be enjoying yourself now ,how come the piers arent purple
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The powder coating company didn't have purple lol 😈 But my internal walls will be purple 😜😜
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27-05-2018, 01:25 PM
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Brett P
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Location: Dayboro
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Wow, looks epic!
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28-05-2018, 01:58 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Brisbane
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That's looking fantastic. I'm envious, firstly you have a dark sky (presumably) and second with an observatory that size you can walk around without bashing your head on the mount or the scope. One day my family will find me unconscious in my 2.3m observatory felled by a bash to the head of the counterweight shaft!
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28-05-2018, 04:10 PM
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Senior Citizen
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bribie Island
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There's enough room in there for a ' barn dance '
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29-05-2018, 01:31 PM
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Highest Observatory in Oz
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Canberra
Posts: 17,224
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Wow!...now THAT'S an observatory!
Excellent Jen
Mike
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29-05-2018, 03:02 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Kyneton
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Hi Jen,
My ob is 9x6 and appears to have a very similar structural design as yours.
What I did was installed some 'dropped' rafters (meaning the rolling roof goes over the top of them) between the two rails the roof slides on to when opened and then roofed them in tinted laserlight (lightweight compared to tin). I also put in an extra post either side to deal with the additional weight and put a color matched colorbond fence along one side to reduce wind/weather ingress.
This effectively gave me a dry area which I store lawnmowers and other bits and bobs in......seemed such a waste to have those 2 x rails sitting there holding up nothing most of the time.
The rails are engineered to hold the weight of the rolling roof and you would never have the roof open in heavy wind anyway so structurally it is fine.
It survived a 100km wind storm that tore down a heap of trees around my property last year so I'm guessing my calculations/assumptions on strength are right.
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29-05-2018, 08:18 PM
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Moving to Pandora
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Swan Hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OneCosmos
That's looking fantastic. I'm envious, firstly you have a dark sky (presumably) and second with an observatory that size you can walk around without bashing your head on the mount or the scope. One day my family will find me unconscious in my 2.3m observatory felled by a bash to the head of the counterweight shaft!
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Hahaha this made me giggle 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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