commercial telescope dome

[alan meehan (Alan)]

OK a question for you chaps out there that have brought domes ,what size dome would be suitable for a club scope say a 14" that could be used at say 8 people at a session and who would make a dome large enough ,one that would also be attached to a hall to be used as a planetarium as well any thoughts on this as our club has been contacted by rotary to help build or run they have the money we have the astronomy knowledge only
thanks Alan Meehan President Newcastle Astronomical Society

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by alan meehan

OK a question for you chaps out there that have brought domes ,what size dome would be suitable for a club scope say a 14" that could be used at say 8 people at a session and who would make a dome large enough ,one that would also be attached to a hall to be used as a planetarium as well any thoughts on this as our club has been contacted by rotary to help build or run they have the money we have the astronomy knowledge only
thanks Alan Meehan President Newcastle Astronomical Society

A sirius 3.5metre will work very well.

[alan meehan (Alan)]

Thanks Peter I didn't think sirius was still in business but their website says
differently ,I think the 6.7mtre university model would suit our needs more
or 3.5mtre dome only if mounted on top of a hall lots to do in the planning process
thanks Alan

[lazjen (Chris)]

A 3.5m would probably be just too small with the gear and 8 people. I think maybe 4 or 5 would be the max I'd ever do.