30 second Tour of the Observatory Movie

[Shawn]

Sorry Not narrated...

But for anyone thats interested...

Here it is....
http://www.ravenshoe.net/Movie.wmv

[ballaratdragons]

Fantastic Shawn!!!!!

The finished Obs looks excellent. And BIG! :thumbsup:

[Shawn]

Thankyou Ken, I was not sure if the link would work, Its nearly finished buddy and Im wrapped, nearly two years now....

Again thanks for looking...

Shawn

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[RB]

That's awesome Shawn !!!

[Shawn]

Thankyou Andrew, very much. I nearly forgot to share this little clip with my freinds here...

Kind Regards

Shawn

[Shawn]

Is it in the right place, as its both a DIY and a pic of my stuff, feel free to move it if needed...

S

[mick pinner]

:lol:very nice Shaun that is an excellent piece of work (the ob l mean) Speilberg has nothing to worry about.

[Shawn]

Thankyou Mick.. have a great weekend...

Shawn

[JohnG]

Looks good Shawn, love the layout. :thumbsup:

Cheers

[Shawn]

Thankyou John, I spent weeks designing it based on lots of information off the web, the dome itself took 2 months to build. I planned on two weeks..

LOL
Such is life...

Appreciated..
Shawn
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[Shawn]

this seems like yesterday....:screwy:

[gbeal]

Blimin heck, it is something to be proud of, very proud. I am green with envy. Lovely job, now use it.
Gary

[Shawn]

Thankyou Gary.

The timing was good, the obs was near finished by the time I had worked how to drive the scope. Im very happy with the performance of the gear, It didnt work out entirely as planned, but its close enough, for a pedantic fuss pot...:lol:

Cheers

Shawn

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[Coach]

Shawn-to be a light year away and be able be see and enjoy the sight of what you have done is just wonderful. Thanks for sharing with the rest of the WORLD. :)

[xelasnave]

Well you know what I think mate.
Good on you.

alex

[Shawn]

Thankyou Coach and Alex..

Sincerely
Shawn

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[Mark]

That is one sweet obs. Well done. :thumbsup:

Mark

[Shawn]

Cheers Mark

Thankyou..

I like Globs too....;)

[Outbackmanyep]

Great stuff Shawn! Stunning effort!
I hope that theres going to be an OPENING BBQ to go with that!

So you're an hour or so inland from Cairns? Talk about a BOX SEAT to the 2012 Total Solar Eclipse!

Great Vid!
:cheers:

[h0ughy]

fantastic, although i was waiting for the stellar explosions and klingons and such!! mate a lot of hard work and love in that "home"

[Alchemy]

Just downloaded the movie..... that observatory is HUGE!!!

what a stunning effort, looks like a professional one just waiting for NASA to turn up.........

[GrahamL]

:thumbsup:..looks big enough to live in .

[Shawn]

Thankyou all , has indeed been a labour of love, with a lot of help and advice from folk like yourselves along the way..

Cheers

Shawn

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[netwolf]

Well done, looks nice and big. The layout with control room is great, no messy cables in this design. I am assuming the cables are passed through the floor to the control room. Are you using the space bellow the telescope as a storage space or is it sealed off?

Regards

[Tamtarn]

That's one Fantastic Observatory Shawn. :thumbsup:

Great layout to suit all your needs.

Well done

[Ric]

Wonderful job Shawn, mission control looks great with those glass panels.

The ultimate inner sanctum.

Cheers

[Shawn]

Thankyou All. And Fahim , yes all the cabling goes under the false floor, and yes its used for a storage area for infrequent use stuff and cartons for scope bits and the like, although the concrete section of the pier has a large triangulated footprint under there, so there is not a whole heap of space left, the pier block I guestimate at around 5 tonnes...with steel triangulation to the corners of the insulated pier pad, I should have taken a pic of it...:)

Thanks All

Shawn

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[Shawn]

Yes Im in the throws of organising the official opening day BBQ, have to make sure its cloudy though. so nobody has the urge to play with the scope...:D

S

[iceman]

Wow, fantastic!

How tall is that pier?

[Shawn]

Thanks Mike , its 1.7 meters to the bend, but at 17S the forks sit fairly flat obviously , for the most part it puts all the bits at about eye level for a bloke of 5 , 10 Only when getting down for things like that rotten comet I cant quite do, I need a single step.. I have a thing against stooping....:D

Cheers Mate

Shawn

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