If you have trouble getting council approval for a proper observatory, what about this:
Buy a 5000 litre poly water tank ($1300 retail)
Put it on a cement slab ($200)
Cut a door in it ($100 for bits)
Slice around it, 3ft down from the top so it can rotate ($200 for bits)
Cut a window in said top ($100 for bits)
One basic observatory for under $2k.
In this day and age, I don't think any council is going to say no to a water tank.
Cheers,
Jason.
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