Telescope Reviews: Re: Roll off roof... on a roof

Hi,

Yes well I'm moving in in September because I go to uni up there in London, and yes, I'll be living right next to it, its a roof garden you see, and it's ok about the neighbours below, we own that flat too so we'll just tell the tenants it could be a bit noisy while I build it... Hopefully. But they're always out in the day anyway.

Well I've got a Celestron C-8 SCT on a CG-5 mount and I'll really just be wanting to build it as cheaply as possible. The roof's gravel with concrete underneath it, but we probably won't be able to do much with that concrete apart from drill into it in a couple of places. The wall is properly solid, it's brick a couple of layers thick I think. It'll take me a while to get some photos of the roof and things, I'm not going up there for a while. The lift isn't that big either, I don't know exact dimensions.

How much do you reckon all this would cost anyway? Is it really worth it if I live just next to the roof garden? It's just that I'm getting a bit tired of spending half my nights setting up and taking everything down.

What do you reckon?

Thanks,

Chris

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