Funny you should mention an observatory; just this evening my
daughter and son in law got SWMBO to agree to me having one, and they will help fund and erect it.
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I do refer to all the weather data, but the weather here for most of
the year is like Melbourne, "if you don't like the weather, just wait 10 minutes. At this moment it is 4 degrees, 99% humidity, and I've just
brought my gear in absolutely soaking wet.
raymo