DIY Observatories

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1. Fire and Theft: How can we avoid it and stay safe? 1 2 3 4 5

   By Sp@ce_d, July 13, 2011
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   • nameunknown
   • September 29, 2020

2. Best of Observatories: Planning threads

   By Helen, June 21, 2011
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   • Helen
   • June 21, 2011

3. Best of Observatories: Build progress threads

   By Helen, June 21, 2011
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   • Helen
   • June 21, 2011

4. Best of Observatories: useful potential suppliers

   By Helen, June 21, 2011
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   • Helen
   • June 21, 2011

5. Best of Observatories: Members' finished observatories

   By Helen, May 31, 2011
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   • Helen
   • May 31, 2011

6. One power supply to "rule" them all

   By NenoVento, Tuesday at 20:50
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   • xthestreams
   • 22 hours ago

7. New Obsy build coming soon....

   By Stuart1971, Friday at 18:30
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   • Swoop1
   • Yesterday at 00:14

8. Planning a New back garden Observatory. Will document and solicit advice / feedback in this thread.

   By Steve Loy, Friday at 18:13
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   • Steve Loy
   • Saturday at 19:28

9. DIY motor focuser.

   By banjaxed, Friday at 13:23
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   • banjaxed
   • Saturday at 17:42

10. Feedback on Outsideology Observatories please. Thanks for reading.

    By SimonIRE, February 15
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    • Stuart1971
    • Thursday at 15:06

11. Pulsar Dome rotator

    By Tomatobro, Wednesday at 09:59
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    • Laurin Dave
    • Thursday at 12:10

12. Alternative to Pulsar dome rotator...

    By Stuart1971, February 13
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    • tomato
    • Tuesday at 19:31

13. Having a REALLY hard time figuring out a dobsonian obs.

    By Justin L, January 20
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    • Peter Drew
    • February 21

14. Dan's pier plates - worth the cost?

    By Scorpius, April 28, 2015
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    • Bukko
    • February 20

15. Shed insulation

    By scitmon, October 16, 2020
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    • scitmon
    • February 16

16. Pier-time!

    By vineyard, December 6, 2020
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    • vineyard
    • February 13

17. Scopedome Shutter Problem

    By AldrinBGabuya, February 6   

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    • Bukko
    • February 13

18. An attempt at setting up remote observatory operation...

    By AMcD, December 20, 2020   

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    • AMcD
    • February 12

19. Pulsar Observatory Build - Power Interface Requirements

    By DeepSkyMan, February 12   

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    • DeepSkyMan
    • February 12

20. Concrete Advice

    By Doug64, February 11
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    • JamesF
    • February 12

21. Pulsar Observatory Build - Electrical and Data Requirements 1 2

    By DeepSkyMan, January 4   

    • observatory
    • electrical
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    • wxsatuser
    • February 11

22. Carl Johan N's DIY observatory

    By Carl Johan N, April 29, 2020
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    • thierry34
    • February 10

23. Dome Actuation

    By MikeMike Sharps, February 2
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    • M40
    • February 6

24. Mounting a Pier on an existing shed base

    By Mike Read, January 25
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    • Rusted
    • February 5

25. 3.02.2021 Poor seeing conditions.

    By Rusted, February 3
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    • Rusted
    • February 3