Latest pics of my observatory.

[Mekon]

This took me a year to build. Others made the wall units and the turret, but I designed it.
My surname is Hannah, and a friend suggested I call it Hannah's Voorwerp. I emailed Hanny for permission and he was very happy to give it.


The only things to finish now are:

1. The painting of the turret exterior and a couple of little things inside.
2. The lightning rod.
3. Some more handles for the steps.
4. A couple more charts.
5. Figuring out a video and link to operate it remotely.
6. A little 'desktop' to hold the log, coffee etc.
7. Figuring out the best method for locking it down in stormy weather.
8. Doing 7.

[strongmanmike]

Excellent Paul, what a great design, well done :thumbsup:

That pier looks very tall, is it stable enough as is...?

Mike

[LewisM]

Looks like a gun turret... just add some fake Bofor barrel tubes :)

Great design.

How do you find the CGEM?

[RobF]

Fantastic! I was having a good laugh at the "Hatch opens to space" sign, until I realised you could go for a nice trip if you took that door at night! :eyepop:

[Mekon]

It is a steel pipe I got from a scrapyard, reo from the slab (which has an extra deep hole n the middle) pokes through and a little concrete poured in side. There are a few pieces of scrap and reo welded to the base which is encased in another box of concrete sitting proud of the slab. The pipe is filled with sand and nothing but cables the phone and the UPS/filter touches it. I can't get it to vibrate much if I kick it as hard as my feet can take, and since I am unlikely to do any photography over long periods, it will do.
However I designed it so I could build a box a metre square and 1500 high around it and fill it with sand too.

[Mekon]

Actually, I hadn't thought of that, still it isn't very likely the turret doesn't start till about waist high, so absent mindedly wandering out of the hatch is unlikely, even for me.

[Mekon]

It had to have a name during construction so I started calling it a 'turret'. I thought, just a little too late, I could have dressed it up to look like a Star Wars Imperial Walker.


I have nothing to compare it with, but when it works it works well. In the last few years I have blown two motors and two very expensive cards. I doubt I will be able to afford another if this one goes. To reduce the likelihood of that I have installed a UPS/filter and have carried out a Hypertune [TM] on it.

Fingers crossed, I don't think I can afford to lose another component.

:(

[FlashDrive]

Nice job Paul.....love the ' door sign ' :lol:

Flash......

[strongmanmike]

:lol: I think that sounds pretty solid then :thumbsup:

Mike