[ReaPerMan (Paul)]

Originally Posted by Allan_L

The site with the plans has moved to:

http://www.oocities.com/mschwa01/buildit.htm

Hi Allan.

This site is a backup of the old geocity sites when they closed down. Whilst it does have some of the pages it is not fully working. In fact some of the content states that it was last updated in August 2001. I have tried contacting the Hotmail for the author but it does not exist anymore. It does however have a few more bits of information which would allow me to reverse engineer the size and matierials to more closely approximate the original. Thanks very much.

Originally Posted by dugnsuz

Sirius Optics in Brisbane sell a 'similar' thing, slightly cheaper than your estimated costs...
http://www.sirius-optics.com.au/viewing%20tent.htm
Doug

Hi Doug

I am aware of the observing tent from Sirius but it was not quiet what I was after. I wanted to set up in my back yard for exetended periods of time whilst allowing me to take down or move the Observatory when I needed to. Also I have scaled up the size so that I have a substatial amount of room (3M diameter). I have constructed mine based on 40mm pipe and fittings so it does cost more than if I had used 25mm. If kept to the original scale the costs would come in at less than $300 in total.

Thanks for the input.