John P
sage
Reged: 01/27/04
Posts: 234
Loc: Honeoye Falls, NY USA
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Stoney Lonesome Observatory reached move in around July 8, 2007. The observatory is located in Honeoye Falls, New York, approximately 20 miles south of Rochester. It's a wood frame, roll off, stick built structure of my own design. The basic dimension is 8' x 12' with a roof having a slope of 12/12. The observatory currently houses my MK-91, 9" Maksutov Cassegrain and smaller aux. telescopes on an early vintage, pre-goto AP 900. There is sufficient room for a full width desk/work bench as well as a second observer utilizing equipment that is tripod mounted.
The photo shows the observatory on "move in day."
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Edited by John P (07/09/07 09:13 AM)
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Mike Lewis
sage
Reged: 01/20/05
Posts: 309
Loc: Near Mulliken, Michigan USA
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Dunham Hill Observatory
Construction details here; http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=1119
Best skies
Mike
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Mike
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Meade 7" Mak
Home built 8" Dob
120mm Sywatcher refractor
76mm Borg
Home built 12.5" Truss, F/5.6 Zambuto
PST
Dunham Hill Observatory
"Most people never look up, what a shame...."
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jrcrilly
Refractor wienie again
Reged: 04/30/03
Posts: 22464
Loc: NE Ohio
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Urban Observatory (completed 2002).
http://www.astroshorts.com/view_video.php?viewkey=47e897f954495eab16a8
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John C
Urban Observatory
Tele Vue Pronto
A&M/Astreya 76mm F/6 APO
TMB/LOMO 80mm F/7.5 APO
Tak FSQ-106N F/5 APO
Meade 152ED F/9 "APO"
152mm F/10 achromat
Tak CN-212 8" F/12 classical Cass/ F/4 Newt
Teeter 20" F/3.8 truss Newt w/ServoCat
LXD750, EM-200, CI-700
ST-10XME
Edited by jrcrilly (07/08/07 07:56 PM)
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RogerRZ
Whatta you lookin' at?
Reged: 01/09/06
Posts: 2165
Loc: West Collette, NB, Canada
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One down the business end of AJP Observatory. Taken yesterday, now that the concrete pier has been cut down, and big Cave has been shoehorned in...
More at http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1192128&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=all&vc=1
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-Roger Pitre-
1 X 7 binocular
Meade 2080 LX10
5" Celestron SCT
Skywatcher Equinox 66
Starblast OTA
EQ6 Pro mount (spiffed up with ADM stuff)
8X42 Bushnell binos (pretty decent for 25$)
Canon Rebel XT (AKA 350D)
Starshoot autoguider
Tolerant Spousal Unit (AKA The Lovely Mrs. RogerRZ)
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Colonel Bogey
sage
Reged: 01/27/07
Posts: 282
Loc: Sweden
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SCRAP - Stocksund Centre of Rooftop AstroPhysics, the modest beginning of a web page:
S.C.R.A.P.
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Obs: Paramount ME/C-14/TCF-S/FW8-STL BVRI/STL-1001E + TV85/STL guider
Portable: Giro Gr-III/TEC140/Pentax XW line
Binocs: Fujinon 16x70
Grab&go: Manfrotto tripod/FS60C
SW: Mira Pro, IRAF, MaximDL, CCDSoft, TheSky6, VisualSpec etc etc
S.C.R.A.P - Stocksund Centre of Rooftop AstroPhysics
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Manie
sage
Reged: 05/02/07
Posts: 334
Loc: Hazyview South Africa
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Construction and progress reports on the HCS Observatory, Hazyview, South Africa. HCS = "Hazyview and Clear Skies". A fifty year long wish comming true !
Manie
HCS Obs. starts off - page 1
Cardboard Polygons/Rings/Guid wheels - page 2
Dome/Pier starting - page 3
Pier Construction Starts
Edited by Manie (07/16/07 01:06 PM)
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Kaizu
sage
Reged: 08/17/07
Posts: 253
Loc: Finland
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My little aluminium hut
Cityobservatory
Before the drawing is a link to the list of Finnish amateur observatories (only those which have their own homepages)
Kaizu
Edited by Kaizu (08/17/07 02:10 PM)
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Chris Schroeder
Postmaster
Reged: 12/11/04
Posts: 5098
Loc: N.E. WI Sky Glow
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My Blue Spruce PODservatory
http://tinyurl.com/339o3c
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Chris
Mallincam Color Hyper Plus
10" DSH with SC DSC, CPC 800 XLT
M102ED S.V., ZS 80FD 10th Anniv, ZS 66SD, PST
POD XL3 http://POD.SchroederCity.com
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dietmar
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 01/21/05
Posts: 2032
Loc: linz, austria europe
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this is a cool thread!
there are lots of fascinating observatories presented here and some guys really have a "castle" as dome - whow.
so here is my humble observatory:
building
more about that and what is inside can be found here
Stargazer-Observatory
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clear skies,
Dietmar
www.stargazer-observatory.com
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Galaxyhunter
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 01/02/06
Posts: 894
Loc: Northern Illinois
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The main construction, Broke ground 4-22-06. Moved scope in 7-3-06. Finished tweeking & accessorizing--- well that will never be done 
CN Thread = http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/913602/page/0/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/all/fpart/1/vc/1
http://Hawkeye-observatory.com
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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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RobVG
professor emeritus
Reged: 01/09/06
Posts: 618
Loc: Seattle Washington
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Peekaboo Ridge
CN Construction Thread
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C11 SGT(XLT)CG-5
Observatory (page 5)
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Richard Scott
professor emeritus
Reged: 07/25/06
Posts: 708
Loc: Tampa FL
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The Blue Moon Observatory: My goal was to build it, adding up every receipt, from the first pour on the pier to the carpet on the floor for $1,000. I went over budget by 36 bucks.
Richard
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11” Celestron XLT SCT
Orion ED80 APO
CG-5 GEM
JMI NGF-CM Focuser
Orion SSDSI
Meade DSI Pro
an assortment of 1.25” & 2" stuff
all tucked inside the Blue Moon Observatory
http://tinyurl.com/29b9wn
Basically more scope than my abilities warrant
"I know I can never look upon the stars without wondering why the whole world does not become astronomers."
Thomas Wright
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Strgazr27
Scope Junkie
Reged: 10/04/04
Posts: 6014
Loc: StonyHill Observatory
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Rob asked me to add mine to the list so here goes
StonyHill Observatory
It's a start to almost finished (Are they really ever finished?  ) thread.
CS's
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Bobby
StonyHill Observatory
Atlas w EQMOD
Vixen R200SS
Orion ED-80
AT-111
AT66-ED
QHY-8
SSAG
YAHOO TMB 130SS Group
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starsplitter2000
super member
Reged: 09/09/07
Posts: 131
Loc: Effingham, IL
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I have one question regarding many of these observatories.
What do you do in the wintertime?
I would love to put an observatory in and am considering a shed from Home Depot measure 8x12. I was thinking about creating a small warm room for computers and me.
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10" Meade Starfinder
If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.
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Spoonsize
Vendor/Clothing
Reged: 08/27/04
Posts: 2183
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This is our first observatory. Our first scope, purchased in 1997 was a 114 EQ clone. cheap. I thought at the time that it was too heavy to carry in and out of the house, so this roll off was the result. It did a fine job until a year ago, when I replaced it with an Explora Dome.
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Steve Durham
www.margesmonograms.com
(Marge made me do it)
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Spoonsize
Vendor/Clothing
Reged: 08/27/04
Posts: 2183
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And then the ED dome...under construction, the roll off is in the background. It's since been removed.
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Steve Durham
www.margesmonograms.com
(Marge made me do it)
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Michael Morris
Member
Reged: 01/05/05
Posts: 1345
Loc: Worcestershire, UK
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Here is the Almira Observatory. Details (including construction photos and useful links) can be found by following the link in my signature at the bottom of this post.
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Michael Morris
8" LX200 classic
Orion 80ED
ETX 90 (Grab 'n' Go)
Observatory Almira Observatory Website
Co-author of NightCal Astronomical Observing Calendar Software http://www.nightcal.co.uk
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Pedro Scorza
super member
Reged: 07/14/05
Posts: 140
Loc: Puerto Rico
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here's mine in Puerto Rico. 
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LX-90
C102HD
SN-10 on Skyscan
PST 40
WO ZS 80FD
SXVF-M7,Pictor 216,Rebel 300
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csa/montana
Astro Ambassador
Reged: 05/14/05
Posts: 28612
Loc: montana
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Here is my Montana Observatory, the DreamCatcher. It was built by Scott Horstman & family & is his BYO #99! Built Sept. 2007.
It is 10'X10' with a motorized roll-off roof. It's a special design for Dobs; the walls are 3' high.
Here is the link for the building of it.
The DreamCatcher
Carol
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Carol
AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!)
AstroTech 66ED / Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager
Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm,
Tak LE 5mm B/TMB 3.2
7mm Pentax XL, 10mm Pentax XW
14mm Meade 4000 UWA
22mm Pan, 35mm Pan
DreamCatcher Dobservatory, #2
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~Steph~
Texas Wildflower
Reged: 06/11/05
Posts: 21658
Loc: North Texas
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Hmmmm, I never added mine to the list! Serenity Observatory was started (the pad) in March 2007 and built (the real thing) in April 2007 by Scott and Kenny from Backyard Observatories as BYO #85. The CN construction thread is here. I've finally started doing some more minor improvements to the inside and will take and post pics somewhere to show those, but here is an interior pic showing a wonderful sign made for me by CN's own Mike Lewis. 
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Steph
10" RCX400 ~~ 4" TV102 ~~ WO ZS80FD ~~ PST
Serenity Observatory 
HansenAstro | CN Member Websites
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