rsbfoto
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Hi,
One more new Observatory located in Mexico 420km north of Mexico City.
Here how it looked on 26th of June 2008
and this is how it looked on Sunday 3rd of August
The size is 7.5m x 3.1m. One half is Cold room and the other warm room.
Here you can see some drawings
It will house 2 Losmandy G11 mounts each with 2 telescopes on it. TOA 130 + Sky90 and Mewlon 250S + FS-78
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regards Rainer
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csa/montana
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That is going to be a beautiful Observatory! Please continue posting photos as it progresses!
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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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gavinm
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Reged: 08/26/05
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Loc: Auckland New Zealand
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Have you noticed that noone has ever asked if you face the "Bano" north or south?
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Gavin
Mt Albert Grammar School Observatory
Auckland, New Zealand
http://www.mags.school.nz/astronomy/index.html
12" LX200R w/ UHTC
SBIG ST7-XME + CFW10
Skywatcher Equinox ED80 Pro (ADM dovetail)
+ other stuff
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rsbfoto
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Have you noticed that noone has ever asked if you face the "Bano" north or south?
Hi,
Not North and not South  It is facing East 
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regards Rainer
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andyschlei
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Beautiful!
Can't wait to see more pictures!
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Observatorio de la Ballona
Mar Vista
Lake Riverside Estates
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rsbfoto
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Hi,
One important step started today 
The hole through which the East pier will pass thru
and here the first few centimeters of the Eastern pier
Into the holes of the blocks we will pour concrete ...
The lower part will be 1x1m and about 2m high, then a second storey 60x60cm and 126cm high. The ending will be 40x40cm goping thru the hole and then a concrete cylinder of 30cm diameter and 60cm high. The toal height will be from the foundation to where the pieradapater is 5m. The newest calculations of the architect is a weight of 7000kg ~ 15400 pounds. There is another thread here about pier mass ratios. In my case that would mean a ratio of 70:1
... there will be 2 of those piers ...
Thanks for looking
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regards Rainer
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nytecam
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Loc: London UK
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Great enterprise  with the twin scopes in one Ob - is it a RoF design
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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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rsbfoto
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Great enterprise with the twin scopes in one Ob - is it a RoF design
Yes, it will be a Roll off Roof
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regards Rainer
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rsbfoto
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HI,
Some more images from todays advance of teh pier construction
The image below shows so far the height of the 1m part
and here a full view
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regards Rainer
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csa/montana
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Outstanding! That is going to be a fantastic Observatory!
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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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THEPLOUGH
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Outstanding! That is going to be a fantastic Observatory!
And then some......
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Geoff...
Nexstar 8SE -- 9X50 RACI Finder scope... 6.3 F/R.-- 13 & 17mm Hyperion EPs.. 25mm Celestron E- Lux EP.. 2X Celestron X-Cel Barlow----- Celestron solar filter + A few bits and pieces..
Never give up on any one..... MIRACLES happen every day....
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rsbfoto
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Hi,
Thank You
Here some more images of yesterdays and todays progress
The concrete base for the West pier
The first 3 rows of the West pier
View from above
Both piers
View from Warm room to Cold room
View from Cold room to warm Room
View from the roof into the Cold room
Thanks for looking
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regards Rainer
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THEPLOUGH
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Loc: Carlisle, Cumbria, ENGLAND
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Very impressive...
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Geoff...
Nexstar 8SE -- 9X50 RACI Finder scope... 6.3 F/R.-- 13 & 17mm Hyperion EPs.. 25mm Celestron E- Lux EP.. 2X Celestron X-Cel Barlow----- Celestron solar filter + A few bits and pieces..
Never give up on any one..... MIRACLES happen every day....
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mlcolbert
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you know this is the kind of project to get a lot of people seriously thinking and doing! Muchos Gracias(?) Rainer.
michael
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zeiss
APQ 130/3x500 mm Telephotos/2xMC80/MC35/5x7 back/lunar and planetary camera
Hasselblad
503cw/500el/m
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rsbfoto
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Hi,
I could not wait and istalled my RS-AllSky camera and let it run for 9:30 hours from 21:16 to 06:36 and got first light 
FIRST LIGHT
A perseid meteor showed up at 00:57:30 of today
and here a screen copy of the Sky MAp ata that exact time
Thanks for looking
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regards Rainer
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kiwisailor
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Posts: 1108
Loc: Lyttelton, New Zealand
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Truly Rainer, your observatory is muy bueno
Steve
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Don't wait until tomorrow, start procrastinating today!
Sky-Watcher 8" F5 Newt
Mmmm Moonlite CR2
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NerfMonkey
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Loc: NE Ohio
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This is going to be amazing when it's finished. Do you have any light pollution or are the skies dark?
Cielos claros
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Mike
71 Messiers
149 total DSOs
6 planets
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rsbfoto
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This is going to be amazing when it's finished. Do you have any light pollution or are the skies dark?
Cielos claros
Hi,
Well I have light pollution but that did not hinder me to build the Observatory.
As last remedy I can specialize in imaging the Moon 
Here you can see my location with an overlay of the Italian world pollution map
Observatorio Real de 14 location
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regards Rainer
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mtb.daily
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Reged: 09/19/07
Posts: 93
Loc: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Rainer; do you a have link that I may find more information about your All Sky camera ?
Jerry
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Scopes: Celestron C11, WO Megrez 80 Super APO Trip, WO ZS 66SD APO
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6 Pro GPS
EP: TeleVue Panoptic(35, 22) and PowerMates(4x, 2x)
Cameras: ST2000XM-CFW9-Astrodon TruBalance, Canon 20D, SPC900NC
Other: Hutech 2" LPS, Optic NEXTGen WideField 0.5x
Marble Lake Observatory
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mikey cee
Carpal Tunnel
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From the looks of the map...you could have done worse!! Mike
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Mike 10x50 sears tower binocs, 3" f/10 edmunds reflector, 2.4" f/11.7 manon refractor, 6" f/8 jaegers refractor, "The 8 Ball" 8" f/13.3 brandt refractor, 3" f/15.8 sans&streiffe refractor, 3.1" f/15 selsi refractor(towa 339), 2.4" f/15 sears refractor, selsi 30x30mm spyglass, criterion 5-draw 25x45x75x spyglass(1957).
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