What obsy do you have and show us yer pics

[spaceboy]

Hi All

Although I'm lovin the summer sunshine I'm board of the light nights. I had the idea of passing the time away and it's called:-

What obsy do you have and show us yer pics

[wackyscot]

Cracking set up, jealous lol

David

[The Sailor]

You will find that Helen has done a quite a bit on this in the Equipment part of the forum.

Jim

[spaceboy]

Doh!! I didn't realize. Do you have a link please Jim. Will hopefully ease some of my boredom.

[Nexus 6]

The kids must love that playhouse spaceboy

[Dave Smith]

That looks great, but can you only look at the zenith???

Dave

[The Sailor]

If you contact Helen (Mod) she will arrange to put your obsy in the frame for all to see .

Jim

[spaceboy]

That looks great, but can you only look at the zenith???

Dave

Yes Dave. I have 2 separate hatches. The zenith hatch can be left on if I think dew might become an issue or just to keep me that little bit more cosy visa versa with the main hatch should I for some unknown reason only want to look straight up.

[spaceboy]

Managed to find some other pics including a couple I took during the build.

[spaceboy]

I don't know if you are interested but this one shows the top hatch on Dave.

[SoulFrenzy]

That is awesome!! That is like my dream come true right there. The way my neighbors want to light there property up that would help to cut down on the light.

[spaceboy]

If you contact Helen (Mod) she will arrange to put your obsy in the frame for all to see .

Jim

I'm thinking if Helen has already covered this ground and I've now found all the old pics out if it's worth asking MODS just to change the thread title and place it in equipment gallery ????

[The Sailor]

I would love this myself, have the money but I would advertise to the chavs of the area what is there so an old garden shed it has to remain .

Jim

[Dave Smith]

I do like that, I cannot see the zenith with my SkyShed POD, however I do like the wide opening of the POD.

Dave

[Nexus 6]

I like it spaceboy, its a bit of a rarity to see an obsy that is used for visual observing on the forum although I know you do suffer from the dreaded lp.

thanks for posting the pics

[spaceboy]

Most of the materials were picked up S/H, on the cheap from mine or friends works and out of skips. The biggest expense was the wiring as I wanted waterproof sockets should the untoward ever to happen and I have a leak but again I'm lucky to have an electrician as a friend. The total cost all in including aluminum sheeting for dome, paint, electrics, timber, carpet and PVC cladding was around £400 The 8' radius obsy was originally built to house a TAL 200k and for such a short OTA worked out great but I do feel the pinch since using larger 1000mm 8" reflectors. It's OK but when the GT is slewing with 10kg of counter weights you have to be aware of your surroundings shall we say

[The Sailor]

It's OK but when the GT is slewing with 10kg of counter weights you have to be aware of your surroundings shall we say

Yes agree, I tend to see more stars than necessary .

Jim

[spaceboy]

I do like that, I cannot see the zenith with my SkyShed POD, however I do like the wide opening of the POD.

Dave

I'm surprised at that Dave. Although I have a clear shot at zenith I found that the way the EQ mount orientates the OTA to zenith it's always at an offset to straight up anyway. So in fact it never points straight up through the center of the dome. I would have thought this would be the same with skypods ??

[spaceboy]

Yes agree, I tend to see more stars than necessary .

Jim

[Robert Watson]

Hi all, I built my own obby dont know how to get the photo's on here but if you look in my profile you'll see it i've got my 10" dod mounted in it and the tal2 i've just bought

[Dave Smith]

I'm surprised at that Dave. Although I have a clear shot at zenith I found that the way the EQ mount orientates the OTA to zenith it's always at an offset to straight up anyway. So in fact it never points straight up through the center of the dome. I would have thought this would be the same with skypods ??

I guess it is because I have been lazy and have relied on using the GOTO. If I pointed to the target myself I could position the scope on the NEQ6 mount to give a more favourable view. Must stop taking the easy way out:)

Edit: That isn't quite so easy when imaging as the guide scope also has to see near the target.

Dave

[Multi-Coated]

Here's mine , bought the obs on ebay some years ago. Was in a poor state , nothing like the sale pics ( no surprise ).

[spaceboy]

I'm liking it MC. And a nice big but not too space consuming scope to boot

[spaceboy]

Hi all, I built my own obby dont know how to get the photo's on here but if you look in my profile you'll see it i've got my 10" dod mounted in it and the tal2 i've just bought

Robert Watson's obsy

[bish]

Great obsy spaceboy. Looks like an obsy should. My other half will only agree to one that looks like a normal shed. Nothing wrong with them but I prefer the domes purely for the look of them.