Batman’s or Iron Man’s Backyard Observatory?

[vespine]

Prepare to drool.

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/07/backyard-observatory/

http://imgur.com/a/GIMKB


Sorry if it's a repost, I did a search here and couldn't find anything.

[Stardrifter_WA]

That's awesome :eyepop:

[Nico13]

But don't forget to follow the link to the picture gallery and see where this sits. :eyepop:
To drool just doesn't quite describe it :eyepop::eyepop::eyepop:

[Ric]

Wah :sadeyes:

I can't even afford a tin shed at the moment :D

Seriously that is one amazing amateur setup.

[BPO]

Sorry to be a "glass half empty" type, but people who floodlight trees should be taken away and killed.

[lacad01]

Very impressive, would hate to think how much it cost with all the fit out and equipment :eyepop:

[HCR32]

AHH with the comfort of a second mortgage anything is possible in your own back yard. You just have to convince your hot neighbour your always looking up. LOL

[rally]

If you look at his other gallery of their 'home', you can see that their modest 3 storey stone observatory with 40 tonnes of footings with a 24"RCOS and the El Capitan AP mount with a Tak on the side, is just a comparative equivalent for the average bloke as a 6x4 tin shed with a rolloff and an EQ5 and ED80 !

The really nice thing about this is that they (father and 19yo son) are using it in a professional manner and seemingly very frequently, in fact it looks like they had a significant hand in assembling the whole system.
I am sure if we had the opportunity, and you could involve your teenage son in high level amateur astronomy (asteroid curves and photometric analysis) with you, you would love to do the same.
That would have to be worth a large slice of anyone's fortune.

Someone worked hard to get all that I suspect, good luck to them and may they be an inspiration to others.

[MrB]

One powerball.....

[silv]

a white mount :jump:

[2stroke]

Well i would like to see what Mel Gibson could do, because hell he owns his own island and church hahaha. Thats dam nice though but unless powerball comes up it can only ever be a dream :(