G'day, I'm fortunate enough to have an observatory with a bit of room( 6m x3m shed with a 2.9m dome on top) I'm interested to know what extra's you may have in your Observatory? I've got a 127cm plasma TV which I'm able to display what I'm seeing via a G-Star-X video camera, this is great when you have a few visitors. Also I have a turntable which I play records on.......you know, they're made of vinyl with a hole in the middle and sound great, this is connected to a 5.1 surround sound system, sounds really great, as you can appreciate this is a relatively small area. So what do you have in your Man/Woman cave, clear skies.
G'day, I'm fortunate enough to have an observatory with a bit of room( 6m x3m shed with a 2.9m dome on top) I'm interested to know what extra's you may have in your Observatory? I've got a 127cm plasma TV which I'm able to display what I'm seeing via a G-Star-X video camera, this is great when you have a few visitors. Also I have a turntable which I play records on.......you know, they're made of vinyl with a hole in the middle and sound great, this is connected to a 5.1 surround sound system, sounds really great, as you can appreciate this is a relatively small area. So what do you have in your Man/Woman cave, clear skies.
Sounds awesom Neil, I was wanting to do this sort of arangement but with a 2.3m Sirus dome, do you have any photos of your setup? love to see'em
Yes I also have a 2.3meter dome( not 2.9 as I previously posted) Will post some pictures soon, once I work out how.
Great
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Fully self contained Man Cave, Dog House, airconditioned, bed, 35 guitars, soundproofed, crank up The Foo Fighters, AC/DC, Rockabilly, Megadeath when the clouds roll in.Sorry no " Stairway To Heaven" allowed.
Fully self contained Man Cave, Dog House, airconditioned, bed, 35 guitars, soundproofed, crank up The Foo Fighters, AC/DC, Rockabilly, Megadeath when the clouds roll in.Sorry no " Stairway To Heaven" allowed.
G'day, I'm fortunate enough to have an observatory with a bit of room( 6m x3m shed with a 2.9m dome on top) I'm interested to know what extra's you may have in your Observatory? I've got a 127cm plasma TV which I'm able to display what I'm seeing via a G-Star-X video camera, this is great when you have a few visitors. Also I have a turntable which I play records on.......you know, they're made of vinyl with a hole in the middle and sound great, this is connected to a 5.1 surround sound system, sounds really great, as you can appreciate this is a relatively small area. So what do you have in your Man/Woman cave, clear skies.
Hi Neil, I also have the TV screen and 5.1 sound. One little trick with the sound system is to mount a speaker (I used the 5th channel) on one side of the obs just near the base of the dome and pointing up at about 45 deg so that the sound reflects off the dome surface. It creates some magic effects, especially with you seated directly opposite! All the other speakers are downstairs.
Also have white board, a few charts & photographs, CCTV to view the mount from downstairs, 2-way radio/scanner, dehumidifier & heater.
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Peter - that does sound brilliant... I've tried a portable Bose system in my dome but couldn't leave it there unfortunateley!
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Fully self contained Man Cave, Dog House, airconditioned, bed, 35 guitars, soundproofed, crank up The Foo Fighters, AC/DC, Rockabilly, Megadeath when the clouds roll in.Sorry no " Stairway To Heaven" allowed.
That's no observatory - it's more like a house in your backyard! Good set-up, just the same.
Hi Neil, I also have the TV screen and 5.1 sound. One little trick with the sound system is to mount a speaker (I used the 5th channel) on one side of the obs just near the base of the dome and pointing up at about 45 deg so that the sound reflects off the dome surface. It creates some magic effects, especially with you seated directly opposite! All the other speakers are downstairs.
Also have white board, a few charts & photographs, CCTV to view the mount from downstairs, 2-way radio/scanner, dehumidifier & heater.
.............:bow down:
Maaaate, now THAT'S an observatory ...looks a lot like Baza's here in Canberra.
Ooooh I dunnoooow, gotta be close...having a bed, library and your own hydrolic lift to take you and your scope through a hole in the roof is pretty speccy
...I do have some shelves, a folding sofa bed, small gas cooker, a portable cooling fan..oh and a stash of cup-a-soups, noodles, tuna breaks and potato chips in mine