Hey Mr bluescope, Steve,
I had a look at your website. I am duly impressed. I am a newbie and have only scratched the surface of this magnificent past time. I thought that photos like that were only ever possible from professionals using million dollar equipment.
Steve's Quote "a tin shed is the go with a rolling roof as you can see on my website )"
I also like your observatory. I am thinking of something similar. We're situated about 35 k's N of Brisbane. Storms worry me an example of their power is in the photos.
We have 2 acres here. With a number of Gums. Lost a couple of trees to a storm in Nov 08. (Like to lose some more) The photo is only one of several in the surrounding streets.
I have lots of 50mm water pipe to reinforce the observatory structure.
I'd like to get some close-ups of the roller mechanism you use on yours.
Cheers Marty