· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article    Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Cloudy Nights - Official Forums of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu.... uh, User   You are not logged in. [Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Equipment Discussions >> Observatories Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | (show all) Doug76 Postmaster Reged: 12/05/07 Posts: 5537 Loc: SE Louisiana, future Texan Re: It Begins [Re: andyschlei]       #3189065 - 06/29/09 02:58 PM Attachment (45 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Walls are up. Returning to work tomorrow, vacation over. Further work will have to wait a few weeks. Post Extras:       dzirzow member Reged: 07/01/09 Posts: 40 Loc: Albuquerque, NM Re: It Begins [Re: Doug76]       #3197685 - 07/03/09 08:43 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Looking Good!! -------------------- 15" F5 Tectron 10" F4.5 Meade Starfinder SV85S CI700 Post Extras:       Doug76 Postmaster Reged: 12/05/07 Posts: 5537 Loc: SE Louisiana, future Texan Re: It Begins [Re: dzirzow]       #3198396 - 07/04/09 10:38 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks! Anxious to get back and do some more on it. If the heat wave breaks, Dad is going to continue on with it. Post Extras:       Doug76 Postmaster Reged: 12/05/07 Posts: 5537 Loc: SE Louisiana, future Texan Re: It Begins [Re: Doug76]       #3198411 - 07/04/09 10:47 AM Attachment (37 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   A close up... Post Extras:       csa/montana Wild Spirit Reged: 05/14/05 Posts: 40152 Loc: montana Re: It Begins [Re: Doug76]       #3198438 - 07/04/09 11:03 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Wow! You're moving right along; it's looking great! BTW, Happy Birthday Doug! (Better sneak down to the OTO forum ) -------------------- 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 Post Extras:       Doug76 Postmaster Reged: 12/05/07 Posts: 5537 Loc: SE Louisiana, future Texan Re: It Begins [Re: csa/montana]       #3199013 - 07/04/09 04:22 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I snuck down. Thanks to all. Gonna need a name for the obs. Any suggestions? Post Extras:       Doug76 Postmaster Reged: 12/05/07 Posts: 5537 Loc: SE Louisiana, future Texan Re: It Begins [Re: Doug76]       #3199156 - 07/04/09 05:48 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Just called home, and was informed that Dad has primed and painted it's outside surface. It is now white on the outside. Should provide some good protection until the siding goes on. Post Extras:       Siderea Astronomess Reged: 11/21/05 Posts: 2066 Loc: Left Coast Re: It Begins [Re: Doug76]       #3215420 - 07/13/09 01:01 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Isn't that great when your projects get worked on while you are gone! Mine never do that.. Great Obs, Doug, and yor Cartons will look gorgeous on that sturdy pier!. -------------------- lc Carol ..."Then the blue above grows darker and a million stars erupt From the places where they hide throughout the day Into pictures in the heavens even we cannot corrupt And the vastnesses of time can't wash away..."Jeff Green 60mm Telescope Club Post Extras:       Doug76 Postmaster Reged: 12/05/07 Posts: 5537 Loc: SE Louisiana, future Texan Re: It Begins [Re: Siderea]       #3222086 - 07/16/09 06:33 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thank you ma'am! Yeah, Dad's a builder. I couldn't keep him away from it with a shotgun! The Cartons yes, but first the seldom used C6R. I've been itching to get it in there. That is the main reason I built it, so I could use that bad boy more often. I love that scope, but it's a pain to move around. Post Extras:       DDon super member Reged: 07/27/09 Posts: 144 Loc: France, Montpellier Re: It Begins [Re: Doug76]       #3299413 - 08/28/09 08:12 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Subscribed! But we need more pics here m8! Cheers! D.Don -------------------- Meade 2090AT, 90/800 Refractor | Skywatcher Mercury 705, 70/500 Refractor | SW Red Dot Finder | SW AZ3 SW 25mm, 10mm Super-MA | SW 20mm UWA | SW 7.5mm, 32mm SP | Meade 26mm SP (Wide) SW 2x Deluxe Barlow | SW 90° Dielectric Mirror Diagonal | SW Light Pollution Filter Bresser 20x80 w. tripod Post Extras:       Doug76 Postmaster Reged: 12/05/07 Posts: 5537 Loc: SE Louisiana, future Texan Re: It Begins [Re: DDon]       #3304459 - 08/30/09 06:16 PM Attachment (30 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Funny you should ask. Although it isn't rolling yet, or have the tin on it yet, the roof is up. Just got it up there today. Post Extras:       Doug76 Postmaster Reged: 12/05/07 Posts: 5537 Loc: SE Louisiana, future Texan Re: It Begins [Re: Doug76]       #3333898 - 09/14/09 06:43 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I've been informed that in my absence the help (Dad) has finished installing the roof section end pieces and the tin over the plywood on top. Pictures when I get home next week. Post Extras:       Doug76 Postmaster Reged: 12/05/07 Posts: 5537 Loc: SE Louisiana, future Texan Re: It Begins [Re: Doug76]       #3371238 - 10/04/09 06:18 PM Attachment (28 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The tin is on the roof, wheels installed, temporary ridge cap and door. Rail posts have been installed, but I don't have a picture of that yet. -------------------- Doug Truckstop Astronomer The Universe, the light of God, in all it's majesty 6 achro refractors 50mm-150mm 1 apo refractor 90mm 1 SCT 8inch UO Abbe Volcano Tops Faworski Ortho's Panoptic 24mm Post Extras:       rnoelle super member Reged: 01/23/08 Posts: 156 Loc: SW Oregon Re: It Begins [Re: Doug76]       #3375783 - 10/07/09 12:38 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice progress Doug ... oops I meant Dad. -------------------- --Bob * Meade LXD75 AR6-AT * Orion EON 80ED * Bogen/Manfrotto 475B; 501HDV * Post Extras:       Doug76 Postmaster Reged: 12/05/07 Posts: 5537 Loc: SE Louisiana, future Texan Re: It Begins [Re: rnoelle]       #3376211 - 10/07/09 09:46 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   LOL Yeah, you got that right. He has taken over! -------------------- Doug Truckstop Astronomer The Universe, the light of God, in all it's majesty 6 achro refractors 50mm-150mm 1 apo refractor 90mm 1 SCT 8inch UO Abbe Volcano Tops Faworski Ortho's Panoptic 24mm Post Extras:       Montana_Nights member Reged: 04/19/09 Posts: 78 Loc: Ennis,Montana Re: It Begins [Re: Doug76]       #3377334 - 10/07/09 08:58 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice build. I can't wait to settle down in one spot long enough to make building a OB worth the time! -------------------- Southwest Montana Astronomical Society, Bozeman Montana My Kit: A "new to me" Celestron Celestar 8 25mm and 10mm widefield EP 2x barlow Various filters and accessories Many, many books Post Extras:       Doug76 Postmaster Reged: 12/05/07 Posts: 5537 Loc: SE Louisiana, future Texan Re: It Begins [Re: Montana_Nights]       #3377643 - 10/08/09 12:42 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks. I can't wait myself to be able to use it. -------------------- Doug Truckstop Astronomer The Universe, the light of God, in all it's majesty 6 achro refractors 50mm-150mm 1 apo refractor 90mm 1 SCT 8inch UO Abbe Volcano Tops Faworski Ortho's Panoptic 24mm Post Extras:       Doug76 Postmaster Reged: 12/05/07 Posts: 5537 Loc: SE Louisiana, future Texan Re: It Begins [Re: Doug76]       #3398946 - 10/19/09 08:50 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I'm told the roof is rolling now, and construction is essentially finished. Only siding to install, get the mount on the pier, and wire it up. Installing the mount comes first. I have battery power for the mount. Home tomorrow so may get to try my obs out for the first time tomorrow night. Woohoo! Pictures ASAP after arriving home. Thanks to my Dad for being THE MAN! -------------------- Doug Truckstop Astronomer The Universe, the light of God, in all it's majesty 6 achro refractors 50mm-150mm 1 apo refractor 90mm 1 SCT 8inch UO Abbe Volcano Tops Faworski Ortho's Panoptic 24mm Post Extras:       andyschlei sage Reged: 03/05/06 Posts: 374 Loc: Los Angeles, CA Re: It Begins [Re: Doug76]       #3400882 - 10/20/09 07:17 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Great news -- Have fun!!!! -------------------- Observatorio de la Ballona Mar Vista Lake Riverside Estates Post Extras:       csa/montana Wild Spirit Reged: 05/14/05 Posts: 40152 Loc: montana Re: It Begins [Re: Doug76]       #3401072 - 10/20/09 09:05 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congratulations Doug! We'll be anxious for the pictures. Your Dad rocks! -------------------- 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 Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | (show all) Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 4 registered and 5 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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