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Very nice. Wish I had the space and money to install one in my back yard. Looks great.
 
Posts: 1367 | Location: Colorado | Registered: May 28, 2010Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Very cool!



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Posts: 24881 | Location: St. Louis, MO | Registered: April 03, 2009Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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What kind of telescope are you installing?

Thanks for the pics!
 
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right now (for the next few months) I will be using my Vixen APO which is portable. But ultimately I am looking at getting a 16" astrograph with the intent of getting into digital astrophotography

going to start easy and work my way up to more difficult targets - the learning curve is pretty steep, and the equipment costs can start to go ballistic - so one step at a time

will start with stacked black and white, get comfortable with that. Then will do stacked black and white through color filters to generate the color images.

I will take it as far as I can



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And I thought looking at the moon through my TA31 was cool....

Congratulations and good work. It really is nice to see people investing themselves into things they love.

I am jealous.
 
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Very cool
 
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Very nice.

Now GO GET MY GODDAMN PHONBOOK!!!




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nice!

dome must be heavy, i see a lil' roof sag



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I have one in my 3 year plan for construction.

Want to attend my build party?
Big Grin

Looks great!


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That's cool as hell!
 
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the sag isn't from the weight of the dome - I can actually rotate the dome using one finger - its that well supported

the sag is from the HDPE flashing that forms part of the roof line - it needs to be adjusted quite a bit on 3 of the four sides - I may end up getting rid of it if I can't get it to fit right

it is a bit of an eyesore when I look at it

waiting for the paint to dry on the inside and hop to get the second coat applied this week



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Wow! That is so cool! Every time I read one of these posts, it makes me want to drag my stuff out of storage and play. Maybe some day. Keep posting in the meantime. I need to live vicariously!
 
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WOW!
AWESOME!
 
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Nice! Really looking forward to seeing some of your photos of the heavens.


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Posts: 2195 | Location: Georgia | Registered: July 19, 2008Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Very cool.
 
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Very nice! I would love something like that - I'm getting too old to move my C8 anymore.



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Posts: 4950 | Location: Highland, UT | Registered: September 14, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Really cool - my 12 year old was really interested when I showed him. He has a little telescope he likes looking at the stars with. This is a whole other level! Smile



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Very Nice.
So what's the name of the Observatory?
 
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Wow, very cool. Cant wait to see some pics!
 
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That is awesome!
 
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