Cambrian Mountains Obsy- Update 5

[laser_jock99]

Lots of work done in the last few weeks. We now have a sliding roof, pier installed, flooring installed, gantry decking installed, roof over the gantry installed and final waney edge wood cladding fitted.

Sliding roof frame

EQ6 mount with machined pier head adaptor

Pier installed with EQ6 on top.

Some views of the external finish.

[Black Knight]

Looking really good. I love the table and chairs outside .

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[laser_jock99]

Looking really good. I love the table and chairs outside .

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Thanks- the seating is nice at breakfast time when it catches the sun in the morning.

I have found that EQ6 mount is really stable now it is mounted on the steel pier (much better than the supplied tripod). Also the polar alignment seems to hold really well night after night. I haven't done any drift alignment yet but early results look promising for imaging using just a DSLR and a selection of lenses.

Obsy roof open with camera on the EQ6 mount.

North America Nebula in Cygnus.

IC1396 in Cephius

California Nebula in Perseus

M31 Andromeda

M33 in Triangulum

Auriga clusters & nebulea

Hoping to move the telescope in shortly and start imaging using that. Then possibly look at getting a guidscope and autoguider.....

[Gina]

Looks lovely - nice job

[Freff]

WoW!!...a credit to it's surroundings. Well done.

[Pete Presland]

great looking obsy and some very nice astro photo's as well! i bet your skies are fantastic

[laser_jock99]

great looking obsy and some very nice astro photo's as well! i bet your skies are fantastic

Thanks- yes we are blessed with dark skies when the clouds part!

[laser_jock99]

Due to the appalling bad weather over Christmas (a continuous gale and heavy rain for two weeks here!!) I got some time to do some finishing work in the observatory. So now we have electricity (no need for the extension lead!) and the internal paneling is nearly finished. Looks a bit like a sauna now- but better than the inside of the metal sheet cladding.

The electric is a real plus though- should be able to set up a PC and guide camera now (weather permitting).