Bart
sage
Reged: 05/28/06
Posts: 238
Loc: Inside the (DC) Beltway
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Hi Folks,
Check out this observatory.
Clickey here
And here
Just goes to show you that you don’t always need glass....
Sorry if this wasn't the right place to put this thread. If it needs to be moved to a more appropriate area please feel free.
Bart
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Mead 12" LightBridge
Orion 127mm Mak
Orion 80ED
Orion Short Tube 80
Baader Hyperion 3.5,5,8,13,17,24mm
Baader Hyperion Aspheric 31mm
Orion Sirius 25mm
Celestron Plossl 4,6,9,15,32mm
Orion UltraView 10x50
Canon XTi
My two eyes
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Chris Schroeder
Postmaster
Reged: 12/11/04
Posts: 5099
Loc: N.E. WI Sky Glow
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Interesting, thanks for the links Bart.
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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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Scott Horstman
Vendor- Backyard Observatories
Reged: 03/11/04
Posts: 4845
Loc: Island of Misfit Toys
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That's pretty cool! Looks like a set from Star Wars or SG1 
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Scott.
My Gallery
12.5" f/8 EQ w/Byers gears
178ED/LXD750
102ED
100mm f/13 Carton refractor
PST
DSI, ST7
www.backyardobservatories.com
www.m1OASYS.com
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1965healey
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 06/23/07
Posts: 2846
Loc: San Antonio, TX
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That's pretty cool! Looks like a set from Star Wars or SG1
OK now build me one like it! 
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1965Healey (Karen)
Woodlawn Lake Observatory
Celestron CPC 800/FT MIcro/APT Wedge
SV NHNG 80mm #0261/CG5-GT
Celestron Omni 150 XLT
Losmandy rails/rings
Starizona CWeight system
Celestron Neximage
Sony a100 DSLR/ZigView S2
Meade DS60's w/Autostar (2)
Meade LPI/Meade DSI-C/DSI ProII
750cc Honda Shadow Spirit (Thanks Dad!)
1965 Austin Healey 3000 MKIII
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Scott Horstman
Vendor- Backyard Observatories
Reged: 03/11/04
Posts: 4845
Loc: Island of Misfit Toys
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That's pretty cool! Looks like a set from Star Wars or SG1
OK now build me one like it!
All righty then!!! Out on the ranch? 
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Scott.
My Gallery
12.5" f/8 EQ w/Byers gears
178ED/LXD750
102ED
100mm f/13 Carton refractor
PST
DSI, ST7
www.backyardobservatories.com
www.m1OASYS.com
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1965healey
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 06/23/07
Posts: 2846
Loc: San Antonio, TX
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That's pretty cool! Looks like a set from Star Wars or SG1
OK now build me one like it!
All righty then!!! Out on the ranch?
Probably be the only place big enough. I think the 7.5 acre homestead and the 5 acres of vacant land would be too small. There a river that runs along the west side of the property and a small lake down by the barn we'd have to work around but I think it could be done. Might freak out the 100 or so head of Axis and white tail deer that hang out there, the cattle might get a bit goosey, the horses could go a bit whacky and the bass may not bite til we "git er done" but they'll get over it. Let me check my bank balance and I'll get back to you.
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1965Healey (Karen)
Woodlawn Lake Observatory
Celestron CPC 800/FT MIcro/APT Wedge
SV NHNG 80mm #0261/CG5-GT
Celestron Omni 150 XLT
Losmandy rails/rings
Starizona CWeight system
Celestron Neximage
Sony a100 DSLR/ZigView S2
Meade DS60's w/Autostar (2)
Meade LPI/Meade DSI-C/DSI ProII
750cc Honda Shadow Spirit (Thanks Dad!)
1965 Austin Healey 3000 MKIII
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Siderea
Astronomess
Reged: 11/21/05
Posts: 1652
Loc: Novato
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The "Gallery of Spherecal Renders"
Those pictures look like someone doctored or stretched them out playing in Photoshop. Rather intriguing nonetheless.
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Clear skies and pumpkin pies!
lc Carol
60mm Telescope Club
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NeoDinian
Experienced Postmaster
Reged: 10/05/05
Posts: 12073
Loc: Rockford Illinois
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Taken with a very wide angle fish eye lens... Distorts the image a lot.
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Neo... (Jeff)
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10" LX200-GPS/SMT UHTC "Draco"
 Rockford, Il.
NeoDinian's Eye on the Sky!
Coming soon:
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Bart
sage
Reged: 05/28/06
Posts: 238
Loc: Inside the (DC) Beltway
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Yep, a whole lot of stretching going on....
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Mead 12" LightBridge
Orion 127mm Mak
Orion 80ED
Orion Short Tube 80
Baader Hyperion 3.5,5,8,13,17,24mm
Baader Hyperion Aspheric 31mm
Orion Sirius 25mm
Celestron Plossl 4,6,9,15,32mm
Orion UltraView 10x50
Canon XTi
My two eyes
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HendyPhoto
Sith Lord
Reged: 08/09/06
Posts: 1499
Loc: Bountiful, Utah
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That first link looks like a skateboarders paradise! NICE skatepark!
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~jon
SparkCast
CGE1400XLT w/HyperStar
90FD 66SD C6-R SN-8
CPC1100XLT Hutech 20D
Manny-Mod Vixen Porta
Mallincam MCHP
SPC900NC
CG-5 GT
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity;
and I'm not sure about the universe." --Albert Einstein
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nytecam
Post Laureate
Reged: 08/20/05
Posts: 4819
Loc: London UK
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Hi Folks, Check out this observatory. And here Bart
Yep - been there and climbed that one 
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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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