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Astrolounge Observatory
As some may know l am in the process of building a split roll -off roof observatory and thought l would post a few pics of the progress.
If anybody has any questions l would be happy to help in any way l can so they can avoid some of the pitfalls that l found along the way.
The pictures won't be in any particular order but l'm sure you'll get the idea.
The floor is actually over 2m above the ground so the pier itself is around 3.3m long this meant that as well as being on a concrete base it required 4 stainless steel guide wires to be placed about a metre from the top, lwas concerned about the pier being so long but once the guide wires were tensioned with turnbuckles there is no obvious movement when using the scope.
The top mounting plates are 8mm thick and levelled using 18mm allthread.
Underneath the observatory there is also a seperate room built to house the imaging equipment on those really cold wintery nights, that is if and when l get the hang of it.
I'll post more as things progress and hope that some of you can learn from my mistakes. l
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