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Rick Needham
Vendor (ExploraDome)

Reged: 09/20/05
Posts: 1960
Loc: Fort Ann, NY

Post a pic. of your observatory!
#906162 - 04/10/06 05:40 AM

Heck...all the other forums are "doin' it". Post a pic. of your reflector...post a pic. of your refractor...post a pic. of your mount

Have an observatory? Used to have an observatory? Have a mobile observatory? Used to have a mobile observatory? Does it have a dome? Does it have a roll-off roof? Did you convert a plastic storage shed into an observatory? Why not post a picture or two then? Come on! If you've never posted a picture of your observatory here in the Observatories Forum, and you have one, now's the time to show everyone what you've got

(Buyers of an Explora-Dome will be granted a 6 months "Grace Period"...myself included)

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Rick

Lat. 44.18 N
Long. 74.31 W
6" STAR HOC f/5 Newtonian 'Amanda'- Orion Astroview w/ dual axis drives
Celestron NexImage CCD Imager
10x50 binocs
(NSO)Northern Skies Observatory...I'm finally domed with the 8' diameter Explora-Dome!!!

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John_Gillies
Vendor - Earthwin Optical

Reged: 04/23/03
Posts: 1385
Loc: Ontario, Canada

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: Rick Needham]
#906202 - 04/10/06 07:13 AM Attachment (565 downloads)

The Observalavatory!

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John Gillies
12” LX200 GPS / Double Stacked PST
EarthWin Optical PFS-D Binoviewer System(s)
Skywatcher ST 80, 102 & 120

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DARKSOLSTICE2
super member

Reged: 12/16/05
Posts: 152
Loc: Murfreesboro,Tn

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: Rick Needham]
#906984 - 04/10/06 07:12 PM Attachment (516 downloads)

heres mine!

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8' LX200 GPS
DSI CAMERA

"no man is free if he restricts others"

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BradH
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 06/19/04
Posts: 1007
Loc: Spencer, Indiana

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: DARKSOLSTICE2]
#907074 - 04/10/06 08:07 PM Attachment (400 downloads)

Heres a link with alot of my shyshed http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=Observatory&Number=418155&fpart=&PHPSESSID=

Here are a few pictures

Brad

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AP 140mm f7.5 StarFire
AP 900 GTO
PST goto Meade DS mount
Mallincam Hyper Color Plus
Skyshed

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jrcrilly
Refractor wienie (sort of)

Reged: 04/30/03
Posts: 21753
Loc: NE Ohio

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: Rick Needham]
#907168 - 04/10/06 09:07 PM Attachment (505 downloads)

Here's my somewhat-cluttered dormer observatory (above the pole barn).

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John C
Urban Observatory
MaxScope DS 60
Tele Vue Pronto
TMB/LOMO 80mm F/7.5 APO
Tak FSQ-106N APO
Meade 7" F/15 Mak-Cass
Tak CN-212 8" F/12 classical Cass/ F/4 Newt
Teeter 20" F/3.8 truss Newt w/ServoCat
STL-11000M LRGB,Ha,OII,SII
LXD750, EM-200, GP/SS2K-PC

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Rick Needham
Vendor (ExploraDome)

Reged: 09/20/05
Posts: 1960
Loc: Fort Ann, NY

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: jrcrilly]
#907525 - 04/11/06 05:22 AM

These are all fine looking observatories (and observalavatories) for sure

Thank you

I KNOW there must be more out there

I'll keep

for more!

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Rick

Lat. 44.18 N
Long. 74.31 W
6" STAR HOC f/5 Newtonian 'Amanda'- Orion Astroview w/ dual axis drives
Celestron NexImage CCD Imager
10x50 binocs
(NSO)Northern Skies Observatory...I'm finally domed with the 8' diameter Explora-Dome!!!

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Bob Antol
member

Reged: 10/07/05
Posts: 46
Loc: Poughquag, New York

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: Rick Needham]
#907736 - 04/11/06 10:05 AM Attachment (488 downloads)

Stargate 4173 at Grimaldi Tower

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Bob Antol
Equipment List
Stargate 4173 at Grimaldi Tower
Poughquag, New York USA
http://www.stargate4173.com/

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Bob Antol
member

Reged: 10/07/05
Posts: 46
Loc: Poughquag, New York

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: Bob Antol]
#907743 - 04/11/06 10:06 AM Attachment (408 downloads)

... and one other I like

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Bob Antol
Equipment List
Stargate 4173 at Grimaldi Tower
Poughquag, New York USA
http://www.stargate4173.com/

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nytecam
Post Laureate

Reged: 08/20/05
Posts: 4524
Loc: London UK

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: Rick Needham]
#907790 - 04/11/06 10:40 AM Attachment (425 downloads)

Hi - this is me and my homebuilt domes 1975 todate

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Nytecam 51N 0.1W
Meade 30cm LX200+ETX-70+DS-2090+C8+Ha+CaK PSTs SBIG SGS+homebuilt spectrographs
Starlight SXVF_M9/Lodestar/Canon 300D DSLR/Fuji E550
My observatory build-ETX-70 imaging-spectro page

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Jeff Young
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 08/04/05
Posts: 2933
Loc: Ireland

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: nytecam]
#908275 - 04/11/06 05:23 PM Attachment (350 downloads)

Winter:

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Nikon 18x70s / UA Millennium Colorado:
Solarscope SF70 / TV Pronto / AP400QMD Coronado SolarMax40 DS / Bogen 055+3130
APM MC1610 / Tak FC-100 / AP1200GTO Tak Mewlon 250 / AP600EGTO

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Jeff Young
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 08/04/05
Posts: 2933
Loc: Ireland

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: Jeff Young]
#908277 - 04/11/06 05:25 PM Attachment (279 downloads)

Spring:

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Nikon 18x70s / UA Millennium Colorado:
Solarscope SF70 / TV Pronto / AP400QMD Coronado SolarMax40 DS / Bogen 055+3130
APM MC1610 / Tak FC-100 / AP1200GTO Tak Mewlon 250 / AP600EGTO

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Jeff Young
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 08/04/05
Posts: 2933
Loc: Ireland

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: Jeff Young]
#908282 - 04/11/06 05:30 PM Attachment (254 downloads)

Under construction:

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Nikon 18x70s / UA Millennium Colorado:
Solarscope SF70 / TV Pronto / AP400QMD Coronado SolarMax40 DS / Bogen 055+3130
APM MC1610 / Tak FC-100 / AP1200GTO Tak Mewlon 250 / AP600EGTO

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photonovore
Moonatic

Reged: 12/24/04
Posts: 2465
Loc: tacoma wa

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: Jeff Young]
#911095 - 04/14/06 03:55 AM

My modest but comfy little refuge from earthly reality

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Mardi

AR-5 ldx75 refractor, 80mm f/11 refractor, 6" eq3 RFT, ETX-70.
Whitepeak Lunar Observatory Website

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Jeff Young
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 08/04/05
Posts: 2933
Loc: Ireland

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: photonovore]
#911121 - 04/14/06 05:45 AM

Mardi --

Love the black & white Unitron look. The whole place has a sort of art-deco feel. (You should put up a big poster of the Chrysler building somewhere inside.)

Cheers,
-- Jeff.

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Nikon 18x70s / UA Millennium Colorado:
Solarscope SF70 / TV Pronto / AP400QMD Coronado SolarMax40 DS / Bogen 055+3130
APM MC1610 / Tak FC-100 / AP1200GTO Tak Mewlon 250 / AP600EGTO

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Pedestal
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/11/06
Posts: 2848
Loc: Smoggy Bottom, Baytown,Texas

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: photonovore]
#911209 - 04/14/06 08:18 AM

Can you post a few details about the building proper? The roof design looks very interesting.
Hubert

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www.smoggybottom.org

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BCB
Post Laureate

Reged: 11/24/03
Posts: 3582
Loc: Look over your shoulder

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: Pedestal]
#911399 - 04/14/06 11:03 AM

My humble location

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Mark

Making people sorry they asked since 1967

Astro-Tech 102ED
Orion 8" F5 Newt w/Moonlight CR-2 focuser
SVP mount w/Meade 497 Autostar GOTO mod
Treeline Observatory

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photonovore
Moonatic

Reged: 12/24/04
Posts: 2465
Loc: tacoma wa

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: Pedestal]
#911548 - 04/14/06 12:52 PM

Quote:

Can you post a few details about the building proper? The roof design looks very interesting.
Hubert

Here you go.

Jeff,

art deco..ok. Dunno abt the Chrysler building, I just have a portrait of Copernicus hanging in there now...

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Mardi

AR-5 ldx75 refractor, 80mm f/11 refractor, 6" eq3 RFT, ETX-70.
Whitepeak Lunar Observatory Website

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BluewaterObserva
Post Laureate

Reged: 05/18/04
Posts: 4611
Loc: Zuni Mtns, NM

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: Rick Needham]
#911855 - 04/14/06 04:41 PM

An ok one of my current 17.5" setup at the observatory.

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bluestar
professor emeritus

Reged: 11/06/05
Posts: 734
Loc: Pat Kelly in Maryland

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: photonovore]
#911990 - 04/14/06 06:16 PM

Mardi,
Love your website and refuge. Been contemplating interior colors myself and I like your white "treatment". Everything has that proper astro feel to it

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D&G 6" f/15 (and soon to be D&G 8" f/12) classic refractor @ BlueStar Observatory
Previous telescopes A-Z (Astro-Physics to Zeiss)
www.chesapeakecarper.net

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Michael Rapp
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 04/27/04
Posts: 1713
Loc: Dickinson, TX

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: bluestar]
#912018 - 04/14/06 06:30 PM

Mardi -- the entire of your observatory is just beautiful! I love the black/white thing. The color of the cart, the frames of the frames of the photos, the focusers and mounting rings set in all of that white. I love it.

What material is covering the floor?

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--Michael
Meade ETX-125 & William Optics Zenithstar 66SD on LXD75
Meade 8" F/6 Dob
Canon 300D & ToUCam Pro II
Despite tornado, observatory first light on 10/27/06

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photonovore
Moonatic

Reged: 12/24/04
Posts: 2465
Loc: tacoma wa

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: Michael Rapp]
#912120 - 04/14/06 07:35 PM

Michael, Pat, thanks for the kind words!

I thought about doing the interior in a dark color but decided it would be unnecessarily oppressive-- especially considering I am mostly a bright object observer by choice as well as necessity anyway. White is definately a cheeerier color!

The floor is finished with glossy vinyl tile. The local dollar store had 3packs for $1 each so the whole floor only cost me 40$ to finish.

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Mardi

AR-5 ldx75 refractor, 80mm f/11 refractor, 6" eq3 RFT, ETX-70.
Whitepeak Lunar Observatory Website

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Michael Rapp
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 04/27/04
Posts: 1713
Loc: Dickinson, TX

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: photonovore]
#912143 - 04/14/06 07:58 PM

Vinyl tile....that chair obviously glides right over it.

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--Michael
Meade ETX-125 & William Optics Zenithstar 66SD on LXD75
Meade 8" F/6 Dob
Canon 300D & ToUCam Pro II
Despite tornado, observatory first light on 10/27/06

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Pedestal
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/11/06
Posts: 2848
Loc: Smoggy Bottom, Baytown,Texas

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: photonovore]
#913455 - 04/15/06 07:36 PM

Mardi:
I have been looking at various homebuilt observatories for several weeks, now, and I have to say that is one of the most innovative designs I've seen. I might shamelessly steal it!
Thanks for the additional info,
Hubert

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www.smoggybottom.org

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Todd
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 02/23/04
Posts: 1367

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: Michael Rapp]
#913476 - 04/15/06 07:54 PM

February 2006.

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Rick Needham
Vendor (ExploraDome)

Reged: 09/20/05
Posts: 1960
Loc: Fort Ann, NY

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: Todd]
#913484 - 04/15/06 08:02 PM

OMG!

Look at all that snow!

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BCB
Post Laureate

Reged: 11/24/03
Posts: 3582
Loc: Look over your shoulder

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: Rick Needham]
#913574 - 04/15/06 09:37 PM

I was just thinking the same thing..

My god, thats about 3 foot worth, and it looks to all be from one storm..

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Mark

Making people sorry they asked since 1967

Astro-Tech 102ED
Orion 8" F5 Newt w/Moonlight CR-2 focuser
SVP mount w/Meade 497 Autostar GOTO mod
Treeline Observatory

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Galaxyhunter
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 01/02/06
Posts: 830
Loc: Northern Illinois

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: BCB]
#913594 - 04/15/06 09:55 PM

Well on the bright side, It should be all melted away by September

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Carl

Hawkeye Observatory
Observatory - "Hawkeye"
Scope - 18"f4.5 on a GEM
8" f4.9 Orion piggy backed
Drive - Sitech Technology
DSC - Sky Commander
Planetarium - MegaStar
Camera - ST2000XM
Desire - comes & goes
Talent - ZERO, NONE, NADA (But I can Wish)

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fellers
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 12/29/05
Posts: 1094
Loc: NY by ADK park

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: Galaxyhunter]
#913636 - 04/15/06 10:45 PM

Thay is some sweet snowfall! This is coming from an avid big montain skier. Where was that snow fall here in NY and VT this year? Sheesh, I am jealous over that!!!!

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MVAS Observatory

Old Forge

The farmer allows walkers to cross the field for free, but be aware that the bull charges.
"SUA SPONTE"

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Rick Needham
Vendor (ExploraDome)

Reged: 09/20/05
Posts: 1960
Loc: Fort Ann, NY

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: Galaxyhunter]
#913685 - 04/15/06 11:33 PM

Quote:

Well on the bright side, It should be all melted away by September

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dietmar
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 01/21/05
Posts: 1972
Loc: linz, austria europe

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: Michael Rapp]
#913950 - 04/16/06 07:49 AM

...so here is mine:
the "stargazer private observatory"

and the scopes:

FYI - some reports and explanations - especially of the one arm fork mount
http://stargazer.christelhager.info/reports_sub01.htm

greets
dietmar

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clear skies,

Dietmar

www.stargazer-observatory.com

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JAT Observatory
Space Freak

Reged: 02/20/05
Posts: 5370
Loc: Eastern PA

Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! new

[Re: dietmar]
#914088 - 04/16/06 11:02 AM