DrBuck
sage
Reged: 12/10/08
Posts: 269
Loc: Susanville, No. Calif.
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t hank's for the encouragement!
You are so very welcome. Once you get your observatory built you will wonder what took you so long.  I just changed from a 12 inch SCT to the TAK 152. this picture was taken 2 nights ago when I first was able to do a rough polar alignment on my new setup. It was a 2 minute unguided exposure at 1600 ASA with a Nikon D-90 and no filters or other enhancements. I am quite pleased with my new setup!!
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DrBuck
Roll off Roof Observatory,
CGE on concrete and steel pier
Takahashi FS 152 Fluorite apo refractor
Televue 85MM Apochromatic refractor
12 inch LX 200 gps smt uhtc
Nikon D-90 with 18-200mm AF VR lens
Canon 15x50 IS Binoculars
http://www.flickr.com/photos/697650grr/?saved=1
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Bernard Murdoch
member
Reged: 01/13/08
Posts: 85
Loc: Montreal
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Nice scope, good shot Doc!
And they will only get better!
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Skywatcher 8" f5 Newt
Celestron C80ED
Antares Sentinel 80mm
EQ6 Pro
Mod. Canon 20D, Meade DSI
Baader MPCC
IDAS LP2
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DrBuck
sage
Reged: 12/10/08
Posts: 269
Loc: Susanville, No. Calif.
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Nice scope, good shot Doc!
And they will only get better!
I think you are right, I am really looking forward to doing a precise Polar alignment as soon as the weather clears and I figure out how to use celestrons CGE Pectool. Then my Starshoot guider should really help with the long exposures------- 
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DrBuck
Roll off Roof Observatory,
CGE on concrete and steel pier
Takahashi FS 152 Fluorite apo refractor
Televue 85MM Apochromatic refractor
12 inch LX 200 gps smt uhtc
Nikon D-90 with 18-200mm AF VR lens
Canon 15x50 IS Binoculars
http://www.flickr.com/photos/697650grr/?saved=1
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Elias_Jordan
member
Reged: 12/26/08
Posts: 74
Loc: Derby, Kansas
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Well its not my observatory but it is the one I volunteer at:
Edited by Elias_Jordan (03/12/09 11:39 PM)
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Dr Morbius
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 02/06/07
Posts: 1720
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That's one nice observatory Elias - real futuristic !!! 
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Meade ETX-125
NightFire 6" f/8 Refractor with Moonlite focuser
Meade 14" LX200 S/C
D&G 10" f/15 Refractor with Parallax Mount
Little Giant 11x70mm Binos
I'm afraid of dying, but I've learned to live with it. ......Steve Perry
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Elias_Jordan
member
Reged: 12/26/08
Posts: 74
Loc: Derby, Kansas
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Thanks!
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rob0260
super member
Reged: 01/31/09
Posts: 116
Loc: Teulon, Mb., Canada
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Really nice observatories posted here. Here's my humble rool off roof observatory. It's your garden variety garden shed 8'x10' converted. The observing room is 6'x8' and the soon to be completed warm room is 4'x8'. In the middle of Canada at almost 51 deg. North, we need it in the winter. Minus 40 is not uncommon. If your thinking of building one, go for it. The convience of it is really worth it in the long run.
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SN8, LXD75, ETX 80, 4 1/2 inch Newtonian, DSI-C, Meade series 4000 eyepiece set, Antares ub2s barlow, antares 5x barlow, 10x50 binoculars.
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Jimmy2K63
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 04/26/09
Posts: 1188
Loc: Kentucky
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Simplicity is the essence of functionality. I had an observatory located outside of Medicine Hat so I am familiar with the cold you speak of. Keeping the roof small makes it lighter and easier to roll in the cold. Do you have a track mounted up there and of so, how smooth does it roll?
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http://astronomyguy63.blogspot.com/
LXD75 SN6-UHTC
Cave Astrola 10" f/5
Garrett 15x70/FarSight
Canon XS (1000D)
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csa/montana
Wild Spirit
Reged: 05/14/05
Posts: 40179
Loc: montana
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Thanks for posting your Observatory! Nothing humble about it, having the convenience of viewing from it, plus your added warm room, you will have a great setup!
Enjoy!
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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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rob0260
super member
Reged: 01/31/09
Posts: 116
Loc: Teulon, Mb., Canada
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The roof is extremely light, in fact I have to latch it down if there is any wind. I have 4 2inch castors that it rolls on and the rails were made of pine 2x4's. Very simple design and it works quite well. Very easy to roll. If you zoom in on the attached pic, you should see what I am talking about.
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SN8, LXD75, ETX 80, 4 1/2 inch Newtonian, DSI-C, Meade series 4000 eyepiece set, Antares ub2s barlow, antares 5x barlow, 10x50 binoculars.
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rob0260
super member
Reged: 01/31/09
Posts: 116
Loc: Teulon, Mb., Canada
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I'll try the pic again.Oops. 
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SN8, LXD75, ETX 80, 4 1/2 inch Newtonian, DSI-C, Meade series 4000 eyepiece set, Antares ub2s barlow, antares 5x barlow, 10x50 binoculars.
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Jimmy2K63
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 04/26/09
Posts: 1188
Loc: Kentucky
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The observatory I built in 1986 with a hammer and a skillsaw that housed my Cave 10". I was 23 at the time.
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http://astronomyguy63.blogspot.com/
LXD75 SN6-UHTC
Cave Astrola 10" f/5
Garrett 15x70/FarSight
Canon XS (1000D)
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csa/montana
Wild Spirit
Reged: 05/14/05
Posts: 40179
Loc: montana
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Fantastic work! Did you include carpentry in your vocation? Do you still have this Observatory?
BTW, Welcome to Cloudy Nights!
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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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rob0260
super member
Reged: 01/31/09
Posts: 116
Loc: Teulon, Mb., Canada
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Very nice. Is the domed observatory attached to the roll off and what equipment if any do you have in it?
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SN8, LXD75, ETX 80, 4 1/2 inch Newtonian, DSI-C, Meade series 4000 eyepiece set, Antares ub2s barlow, antares 5x barlow, 10x50 binoculars.
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Jimmy2K63
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 04/26/09
Posts: 1188
Loc: Kentucky
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Thank you. It sits on the property of the Medicine Hat Astronomy Club in Alberta, Canada and I donated it to them when I moved here in 1999. The scope that was in it is a Cave Astrola 10 inch f/5 which I am working to have shipped to my new home here in Kentucky....hopefully in a few weeks we will be reunited:-)
The domed observatory belonged to a friend who later when on to sell it and his scope inside it to another member for a mere $1000 - imagine a 12.5" f/6 on a fork BUILT for astrophotography and an observatory for that price. I know he regrets that now.
I believe the club now uses mine as a garden shed, but I plan to build another one when I finally get my scope here - this time learning from all my previous mistakes. I am not a carpenter, I just enjoy woodwork today among a lot of other things.
The observatory that I really liked is on here, it's similar to this, but it had the planter boxes and a couple of windows in it, looked like lap siding with cedar shingles...very beautiful...I can imagine it in my backyard allready.
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http://astronomyguy63.blogspot.com/
LXD75 SN6-UHTC
Cave Astrola 10" f/5
Garrett 15x70/FarSight
Canon XS (1000D)
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billz
newbie
Reged: 04/16/09
Posts: 4
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http://usera.imagecave.com/billgoodart/Cave_Astrola
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Hap Griffin
journeyman
Reged: 04/15/08
Posts: 5
Loc: Sumter, SC
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Here's mine...
http://www.machunter.org/griffin_hunter_observatory_2.html
Hap Griffin
DSLR Modifications at www.imaginginfinity.com
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Chris Schroeder
Postmaster
Reged: 12/11/04
Posts: 6552
Loc: N.E. WI Sky Glow
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That's one heck of a warm room 
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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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David Pavlich
Postmaster
Reged: 05/18/05
Posts: 8652
Loc: Mandeville, LA USA 30.22 X 90....
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Here's mine...
http://www.machunter.org/griffin_hunter_observatory_2.html
Hap Griffin
DSLR Modifications at www.imaginginfinity.com
Geez, Hap....I thought I was looking at an ad for a Bed & Breakfast.... Very nice digs, indeed.
David
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Proud Member; PAS NOLA,
"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research..."
A. Einstein
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dgs©
Postmaster
Reged: 03/29/04
Posts: 15042
Loc: West Monroe, Louisiana
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Very civilized indeed.
What keeps the wheels on the rails for the roof? I'm guessing an upturned steel channel, but could tell in the pictures. 
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- david
8"Ø Newtonian on SVP, Moonlite CR2, Telrad
PST Oberwerk Ultra 15x70 Orion Ultraview 10×50
Hand-me-down Sears Refractor (Discoverer) 60mm×900mm
"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world, remains and is immortal." --Albert Pike
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