Basteroid Observatory

[Cosmic (Daniel)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Very cool - I bet you get dark skies up there.



For one second I thought you were taking on strongmanmike. Wrong kind of assteroid.

Very funny Marc haha I probably would give him some good competition at heavy lifts but not his awesome astro work!!

Look sorry for the late reply, I have been off and on trying to build this obs now for quiet some time. All things said and done I'm getting there, family life holds me back and training. I have darkish skies...wish they where a class 1

SQM 21.87 mag./arc sec2
Brightness 0.194 mcd/m2
Artif. bright. 22.4 μcd/m2
Ratio 0.131
Bortle class 3
Elevation 48 meters

So here is just an update, finished the tiling and now for the internal walls.
Also buying a asi1600mm tomorrow

Cant upload images here at work, but the tiles look great.

[Cosmic (Daniel)]

Originally Posted by vlazg

Looking good Daniel, if only the bloody rain would stop.

I just pulled the trigger on a asi1600mm as well and here we are heading into the wet...maybe it will hold off as this cool weather is beautiful atm.

Originally Posted by xelasnave

That is excellent.
With your long bolts how about welding little triangle braces.
Alex

Alex thats a great idea! After all I went to the trouble of a separate slab and thick pier, may as well keep it strong

Originally Posted by Lee

Awesome..... do you have any current pics of the completed obs?

I will upload shortly, here at work I cant upload. I do need to finish a few odds and ends, mainly all cosmetic stuff.

Sorry for the late replies, I was sucked into the black hole of life. The gravitational pull was huge but I'm back on the astro bandwagon.

[Cosmic (Daniel)]

Some snaps, I'm no tiler but its good enough.