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Old 05-07-2009, 05:20 PM
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okiscopey (Mike)
Rocky Peak Observatory

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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Kandos NSW
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Huh, that's nothing!

Rocky Peak beats that hands down!

I designed mine 200% and I didn't hire anyone to put up my stainless steel and kryptonite observatory, which puts the one in this link to shame. Tornado proof? Mine can withstand a direct hit by a 500-metre asteroid or a stray 5-kT North Korean nuclear device.

You should see my mechanical systems, electronic systems, hydraulic systems, internet systems and coffee-making SYSTEMS.

RPO has a 24 point TWO sound system and special composting toilet SYSTEM. The equipment would put any professional observatory to shame, with a Natural Geographical 70mm refractor SYSTEM and 4.5-inch optimised, diffraction-limited reflector SYSTEM with home-made 0.1 arc-second adaptive optics SYSTEM made out of discarded industrial hydraulic SYSTEMS.

Just turn on the key switch, climb up into the surround-sound observing area, and be prepared to be amazed. The neighbours don't at all mind the roof rolling off across their properties, the only solution to a 30m x 60m observing area. If it's cloudy, an automatic planetarium dome SYSTEM slides in from its hidden storage area to re-create the night sky as it would have been that night (or even day!) with extreme resolution courtesy of the latest digital sky surveys with automatic updates via the T4 Internet link.

In case you find all this rather incredulous, the DVD available from RPOwhynot.net.au for $15.00 post paid. If you haven't got any idea of the roof mechanism from my description, this 6-hour video shows it rolling on and of, on and off, on and off ...

OK, is this sour grapes? Probably!
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