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Originally Posted by nobbygon
Hi,
I'm just in the very basic stages of planning a backyard observatory.
I'm wondering however, how hot do they get? And how hot is too hot?
I live in the hills district in Sydney where it can get as hot as 38 in the shade in summer. I'm just wondering how much hotter it would be inside a shed and if the heat may fry my scope/camera.
Obviously having a white/cream shed would work best. Would plastic/hard vinyl work better than a steel shed? What have you guys discovered works best?
Cheers,
Gus.
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I also live in the Hills district. However my observatory has been dismantled now. It was in use for 7 years
In the summer it quite often measured temperatures of 55 degrees C inside the dome. I took no special precautions witn my 12" LX200GPS and it was always available for use day and night. The observatory was constructed with green colorbond on a timber frame with a Sirius 2.3M dome (white)
Barry