Two mounts, one obsy, how much space??

[ollypenrice]

I would ideally like to simplify the nightlife around here by having two mounts-scopes in one new observatory for imaging. I can work out the sort of 'cylindrical space' needed by each setup but I have the feeling that it would be easy to overlook an issue or two here. Has anyone tried this or does anyone have any thoughts? I don't have a vast amount of room for the new building, which will have a warm room then scope(s) section whose roof rolls back over the warm room. The warm room will be NW of the scopes. (14 inch Cat and up to 6 inch refractor.) I wonder how close together I can get away with?

Thanks in advance,

Olly

[barkis]

Well, a domed obs. would present some difficulties that would be obvious Olly, so A roll off roofed enclosure has to be the choice.

Shouldn't be too difficult to make it dually workable.

I assume the systems would be operated simultaneously.

Ron.

[Ant]

Jon (Ford Prefect) has a roll off shed with two mounts in it!

An HEQ5 and an EQ6 from memory (or it might be 2 EQ6's).

He not around much at the moment, but I'm sure he's help you out if you PM's him.

ant

[ollypenrice]

Thanks guys. I've been outside again measuring and I really think I'd be too tight for space. It is really tempting to try but what a pain if it didn't work!

Olly

[Merlin66]

I had an 18" f4.5 fork mounted and a 12" lX200 on the tripod in a 3m x 6m ROR setup.....

If it were me I'd look at a "footprint" with a diameter of twice the length of the OTA plus say 1m at each end of the building - if you know what I mean....

[ollypenrice]

Thanks Ken, I think you're right - which really confirms that I can't do it. More modest plans will be needed...

Olly

[malc-c]

Looking at Alexanders observatories website (Alexanders Observatories - The UKs Leading Supplier Of Quality Roll-Off Observatories) 14' x 8' seems to be the smallest ROR design for two scopes, or 16' x 10' with a small warm room