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strongmanmike
12-08-2011, 09:06 AM
Who else would give their eye teeth to have a little roll-off roof observatory in the forground of this picture :thumbsup:.......:sadeyes:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110811.html

Follow the links to the weather stats at Paranal :eyepop:

One can only dream

Mike

renormalised
12-08-2011, 09:24 AM
I'll have one on the hill alongside of it:)

strongmanmike
12-08-2011, 09:26 AM
I was trying to be realistic :lol:.......:sadeyes:

AstralTraveller
12-08-2011, 12:08 PM
Yep, a pretty spectacular place, but would you really want to live there? I'm too fond of other thing like bushwalking, picnicing, birdwatching, my vege garden etc to want to live there permanently. Now if I could arrange a few nights a month around new moon that would be different. An IIS timeshare obs perhaps??

renormalised
12-08-2011, 12:29 PM
Good idea.....equip it with a PlaneWave C700 or a RCOS 32" and we'd be laughing. Even an Astelco 1.5m would be good:):)

leon
12-08-2011, 06:35 PM
Mike, that would be so good, there seems plenty of room for all of us up there.

Love to see it in the dark.

Leon