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: 385
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 no more
Reged: 04/30/03
Posts: 25199
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
A&M/Astreya 76mm F/6 APO
TMB/LOMO 80mm F/7.5 APO
Tak FSQ-106N F/5 APO
Meade 178ED F/9 "APO"
Meade ETX-125AT
C14
Teeter 20" F/3.8 truss Newt w/ServoCat
CI-700, NJP, GPDX/SS2KPC, CG5-GT
ST-10XME, DSI Pro
Edited by jrcrilly (07/08/07 07:56 PM)
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RogerRZ
Whatta you lookin' at?
Reged: 01/09/06
Posts: 2584
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 Astro-Tech Imaging Newtonian MPCC
Starblast guidescope Starshoot autoguider
EQ6 Pro, HEQ5, Canon 50D, 70-200 f/4L
"He's got shoulders on him like a smelt..."--Anonymous
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=10723&id=509325956&l=79d06a1d10
http://ajpobservatory.isgreat.org/
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Colonel Bogey
sage
Reged: 01/27/07
Posts: 291
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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Observatory: Paramount ME/C-14/TCF-S/FW8-STL BVRI/STL-1001E + TV85/STL guider
Portable: Giro Gr-III/TEC140/Pentax XW's/ZAO II's
Solar: LS60THa
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: 347
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: 6563
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
M110 Doublet ED, AT 102Achro, ZS80FD 10th Anniv, ZS66SD, PST
CG5-AGT, EZ-Touch, Voyager
POD XL3 http://POD.SchroederCity.com
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dietmar
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 01/21/05
Posts: 2079
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
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 01/02/06
Posts: 1254
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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
My lousy skies at Hawkeye Observatory
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RobVG
professor emeritus
Reged: 01/09/06
Posts: 739
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: 732
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
NEQ-6 Pro
JMI NGF-CM Focuser
Orion SSDSI
Meade DSI Pro
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
Vendor - Deep Space Mods and Composites
Reged: 10/04/04
Posts: 6984
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
Skywatcher EQ6 Pro (On it's way)
AT 130 F/6 Prototype
Royce 10" f/4 Astrograph (Under Construction)
Self Modded 40D
70-200 F2.8 L IS
SSAG
YAHOO TMB 130SS Group
Astronomy Technologies Yahoo 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: 3297
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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)
"Nobody get's in to see the WIZARD, Not Nobody, Not Nohow"
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Spoonsize
Vendor/Clothing
Reged: 08/27/04
Posts: 3297
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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)
"Nobody get's in to see the WIZARD, Not Nobody, Not Nohow"
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Michael Morris
Member
Reged: 01/05/05
Posts: 1391
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: 154
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
Wild Spirit
Reged: 05/14/05
Posts: 40267
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!)
Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager
Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm,
Pentaxes; 5XW, 7XL, 10XW.
14mm Meade 4000 UWA
TV Panoptics; 22, 35
DreamCatcher Dobservatory, #2
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~Steph~
Texas Wildflower
Reged: 06/11/05
Posts: 22999
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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