· 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: << 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | (show all) csa/montana Wild Spirit Reged: 05/14/05 Posts: 40207 Loc: montana Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! [Re: LeeCole]       #2824536 - 12/25/08 10:42 AM Attachment (83 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Lee! -------------------- 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:       kiwisailor Pooh-Bah Reged: 01/07/04 Posts: 1221 Loc: Lyttelton, New Zealand Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! [Re: LeeCole]       #2824872 - 12/25/08 02:20 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Lee, Welcome to Cloudy Nights- your observatory will be great, but your braille Astro Pictures are a tremendous and truly inspired idea Look forward to seeing more of you here. Steve -------------------- Don't wait until tomorrow, start procrastinating today! Sky-Watcher 8" F5 Newt Mmmm Moonlite CR2 Post Extras:       LeeCole journeyman Reged: 12/23/08 Posts: 6 Loc: Arlingtion,Tn Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! [Re: kiwisailor]       #2825320 - 12/25/08 09:12 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Steve it has been a real thrill for me to see the look on the blind kids faces when they feel the detail that I can make in copper sheet.Some of the blind adults that once had sight said it was like looking in a telescope again.Its very fun to have a star party with blind kids and show them what they have only dream about. Lee -------------------- "Teaching the Blind to Discover the Universe" http://pleasantridgeobservatories.googlepages.com/brailleastronomyforthevisionimpaired http://pleasantridgeobservatories.googlepages.com/home Post Extras:       JimT super member Reged: 08/13/05 Posts: 124 Loc: Madison NC Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! [Re: LeeCole]       #2827491 - 12/27/08 12:44 PM Attachment (89 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here are some of mine as I was building it. It's a 10 X 10 with a Pod dome on top. The entire roof moves about 10 inches north and south and this gets the Pod dome clear of the zenith. The CGE 14 is at home and happy. I have added stone skirting around the bottom , but have not taken any pictures of it yet. I'll be adding a warm room next Spring. -------------------- ScopesNC JimT CGE PRO 1400 XLT Nexstar 102 Post Extras:       JimT super member Reged: 08/13/05 Posts: 124 Loc: Madison NC Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! [Re: JimT]       #2827499 - 12/27/08 12:47 PM Attachment (73 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Just adding a few more of mine. Hope it's not to much. -------------------- ScopesNC JimT CGE PRO 1400 XLT Nexstar 102 Post Extras:       JimT super member Reged: 08/13/05 Posts: 124 Loc: Madison NC Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! [Re: JimT]       #2827503 - 12/27/08 12:50 PM Attachment (55 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The pier and start of the deck. -------------------- ScopesNC JimT CGE PRO 1400 XLT Nexstar 102 Post Extras:       JimT super member Reged: 08/13/05 Posts: 124 Loc: Madison NC Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! [Re: JimT]       #2827510 - 12/27/08 12:52 PM Attachment (53 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The inside of ring riding on the rails that allow the roof to move. -------------------- ScopesNC JimT CGE PRO 1400 XLT Nexstar 102 Post Extras:       JimT super member Reged: 08/13/05 Posts: 124 Loc: Madison NC Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! [Re: JimT]       #2827518 - 12/27/08 12:55 PM Attachment (54 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   It was dark out , but the dome went on with the help of my wife. She also bought the dome as a birthday gift for me. Thank God for such a great wife. -------------------- ScopesNC JimT CGE PRO 1400 XLT Nexstar 102 Post Extras:       JimT super member Reged: 08/13/05 Posts: 124 Loc: Madison NC Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! [Re: JimT]       #2827521 - 12/27/08 12:56 PM Attachment (64 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   How it looks inside with the dome on. -------------------- ScopesNC JimT CGE PRO 1400 XLT Nexstar 102 Post Extras:       JimT super member Reged: 08/13/05 Posts: 124 Loc: Madison NC Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! [Re: JimT]       #2827527 - 12/27/08 12:59 PM Attachment (57 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   How the dome looks on the inside after painting. I liked it and think it's cool looking. -------------------- ScopesNC JimT CGE PRO 1400 XLT Nexstar 102 Post Extras:       JimT super member Reged: 08/13/05 Posts: 124 Loc: Madison NC Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! [Re: JimT]       #2827540 - 12/27/08 01:08 PM Attachment (61 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I stained the floor also and it came out O K . I did all of these things by myself and with out a clue as to what I was doing. No it didn't happen over night and I made a bunch of errors along the way. With all the user groups and C N postings on Observatory building I was able to pull it off. So thanks to everyone who has ever posted on how they built and did things. With so much information even I was able to build one. -------------------- ScopesNC JimT CGE PRO 1400 XLT Nexstar 102 Post Extras:       snydley member Reged: 09/15/07 Posts: 49 Loc: Latham, NY Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! [Re: csa/montana]       #2827781 - 12/27/08 04:32 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thank you Carol. Have a happy New Year. Mike -------------------- Meade LXD 650 mount SkyVue Pro mount w/pier Giro 3 mount Orion 120mm f8.3 Celestron C6-R f8 w/MoonLite focuser 152mm Antares f6.5 Stellarvue binoviewer Orion StarShoot Color II SkyShed POD Lunt LS60T/B1200/FT #2008274 Post Extras:       phxskies member Reged: 12/30/08 Posts: 22 Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! [Re: Michael Rapp]       #2833112 - 12/30/08 05:39 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   These observatories are incredible. Does anyone just set up a telescope in the backyard too? That's what I do. Frank Post Extras:       Peter T journeyman Reged: 09/09/07 Posts: 8 Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! [Re: phxskies]       #2839584 - 01/02/09 09:32 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I didn't want mine to spoil everyone's view to the hills through our field so I kept it low. My 12.5" Newtonian fits nicely in its horizontal position. Post Extras:       Peter T journeyman Reged: 09/09/07 Posts: 8 Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! [Re: phxskies]       #2839595 - 01/02/09 09:35 PM Attachment (113 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   OK, let's try this again: I didn't want mine to spoil everyone's view to the hills through our field so I kept it low. My 12.5" Newtonian fits nicely in its horizontal position. Post Extras:       csa/montana Wild Spirit Reged: 05/14/05 Posts: 40207 Loc: montana Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! [Re: gregj888]       #2839707 - 01/02/09 10:35 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Greg, I think your Observatory is hibernating. Please do post more pictures later. -------------------- 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:       csa/montana Wild Spirit Reged: 05/14/05 Posts: 40207 Loc: montana Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! [Re: JimT]       #2839713 - 01/02/09 10:37 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Jim, a really nice job of building & finishing off your Observatory! -------------------- 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:       csa/montana Wild Spirit Reged: 05/14/05 Posts: 40207 Loc: montana Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! [Re: Peter T]       #2839715 - 01/02/09 10:39 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Peter, Welcome to Cloudy Nights, and to the Observatories forum. What an innovative Observatory! You just might have your arm twisted to start a thread, going thru the building of it! -------------------- 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:       LeeCole journeyman Reged: 12/23/08 Posts: 6 Loc: Arlingtion,Tn Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! [Re: Peter T]       #2840030 - 01/03/09 01:23 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Peter how is your roof raised and lowered? -------------------- "Teaching the Blind to Discover the Universe" http://pleasantridgeobservatories.googlepages.com/brailleastronomyforthevisionimpaired http://pleasantridgeobservatories.googlepages.com/home Post Extras:       Mike Clemens Post Laureate Reged: 11/26/05 Posts: 4269 Loc: Wasilla, Alaska 61N Re: Post a pic. of your observatory! [Re: LeeCole]       #2840189 - 01/03/09 05:42 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Peter that is COOL Post Extras:       Pages: << 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | (show all) Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 2 registered and 1 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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