Andrew Pearce
26-08-2012, 04:06 PM
Hi All
My daughters have grown out of the backyard cubby house so I decided to turn it into an observatory to house my 16" dob. Attached are some pictures of the finished product which works really well. Th gable roof was split in 2 and hinged on one side. When open the roof actually does a great job of shielding lights from the house as well.
I'm a visual variable star observer and even though I'm constrained to observing variables above 45 deg elevation, there are so many to follow, that I never notice this restriction!
So for any of you whose kids have grown out of the cubby house, it does have some uses!
Regards
Andrew Pearce
Western Australia
My daughters have grown out of the backyard cubby house so I decided to turn it into an observatory to house my 16" dob. Attached are some pictures of the finished product which works really well. Th gable roof was split in 2 and hinged on one side. When open the roof actually does a great job of shielding lights from the house as well.
I'm a visual variable star observer and even though I'm constrained to observing variables above 45 deg elevation, there are so many to follow, that I never notice this restriction!
So for any of you whose kids have grown out of the cubby house, it does have some uses!
Regards
Andrew Pearce
Western Australia