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Originally Posted by ZeroID
Looks feasible to me. I'd be doing a half roof roll away to the north or maybe the north rolls over and above the south end, therefore no lawn coverage or poles needed. I'd have to think a bit about how I'd do it but always take advantage of what you got.
You say you have no shortage of sheds. Is this the best placed one to use ? Looks to be quite handy to run power into but has it got the best sky parameters ?
I certainly use my gear far more than I would if I had to shift it every time. Even just for working on setups etc. Today I installed BYE and tested my new camera over a few short sessions during the day and was still able to keep my wife happy with her jobs and requirements as well.
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A thousand apologies Brent. I completely forgot I had even started this thread and have only now got around to replying to you. Thank you very much for your thoughts and ideas. This shed is the only one currently available to be a type of observatory. The rest of the sheds I have are either garages, tool work shop or "man cave". It is located in about the best location on my property for sky viewing too.
My current thoughts are to run a beam off and alongside the garage next to the shed and have rollers hanging in it (i'm not sure of the technical term for the beam and roller system I have in mind but we use them at work for the irrigators to run on and I think they are used for the sides of tautliner trucks. I would then brace up the sides and roof of the shed for more stability and then cut the northern roof section clear and attach it to the rollers. I would then be able to lift up the eastern edge of that roof section and slide it back over the southern roof area and sit it on top of that roof. I need to sit down and draw up what I have in my head at some point but I think that is the most cost effective and simplest solution at the moment.