Observatory diso

[spaceboy]

As I was struggling to see what I was doing I decided the obsy could do with a change of lighting. All I need now is some decks and a pair of Marshall's

[Woody]

Cool, I like it.

"Battle stations, Battle stations, set condition red!"

[swamp thing]

Or some velvet curtains.

[nightfisher]

looks nice and cosy, i like it

[spaceboy]

Or some velvet curtains.

GROOOVY BABY

[Nexus 6]

very cosy Nick, are you charging for visits?

[spaceboy]

Unlike some of the imaging chaps on SGL I don't have a warm room to escape to so it might look cosy but it's more like Brrr shiver shiver shiver

[Nexus 6]

would swap you for standing in the back garden, at least your out of sight and are not made to wonder what that terrible rustle is.....from the local Hedgehog

[g0ibi]

I'm with Alan on that one!!

[spaceboy]

I agree I do like the privacy I get from a domed obsy and even on the breeziest and dew ridden nights it has no effect on me or the scope.

[fatwoul]

Looks good, but I know what you mean about a cosy looking obsy still being very cold! My POD is starting to get very chilly now.

Is that the Astronomy Now moonmap I see behind the flight case? I got one of those for my obsy wall, together with a couple of other AN posters they had on their site (the night sky one, and a Messier one). I had them all laminated for about £15, cos I figured they'd last longer. The night sky poster really isn't all that useful for me, as an imager, because it's based around star-hopping, but it looks pretty. I can recommend both the posters to anybody who's seen the ads and is considering them.

(Oh, and Alan - I was attacked by a hedgehog when out with the scopes one night. Well, I say attacked, but really I just heard him wandering around on the deck!)

[spaceboy]

Yes I have the three AN posters and the Phillips sky chart and Moon map (which has far too much going on and is difficult to make out)

Where did you get them laminated ? Staples ?

[fatwoul]

I asked at our local Kenroy Thompson, but they quoted about £50 to do it and said it would take a week (!) so I tried a local place called Bretonside Copy (Plymouth SGLers might know it). They did it the same day, and did a lovely job. Because of that, I never got as far as Staples to find out, but if they charge a lot more, it might almost be worth posting your posters to Bretonside, as they really did mine very nicely. Otherwise I'm sure you'll have a local company that can do it - somewhere that does reprographics or produces maps might offer the service.

[spaceboy]

Thanks Fatwoul

[saturn10]

Looks very warm inside.