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Old 04-02-2008, 11:53 AM
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Tall Observatory

I will be moving my 3.5m Sirius observatory to my backyard. Unfortunatly trees obstruct views of the sky so I will need to raise the whole observatory to around 3 meters off the ground. I really need some good advice regarding the best way to go about this as I am worried about it's stabillity. Also, I'm thinking of an isolated concrete pier that will run up the centre for my 12" newt on a Anssen Alhena equtorial mount (this current setup is pretty heavy). How how thick and deep should the pier be?

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