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Old 13-05-2012, 09:20 PM
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Observatory/Dome Build

Been working at this for the better part of 2 years now, and never really got around to sharing progress on the way through, but the project has now reached a reasonable milestone (ie. basically operational), but not the final long-term outcome.

Initially planned as an area for a large roll-off roof shed, the area was prepared with that in mind, and to double as a "man-cave" to some extent.

Progress has been eratic, primarily due to work and finance constraints, so there have been some pretty long gaps without much activity.

4 months ago, an opportunity arose to get a good deal on a Technical Innovations ProDome6 (1.8m) with full automation. Rather than scrap my plans for the shed, i've laid the foundation for the shed for the long term, but have put the dome in place as well as the interim solution.

The following photos are snapshots of the various milestones, and I hope someone finds them vaguely interesting!

Turbo
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