ASIGN Observatory II is back on track!!

[Tinker1947]

Awesome....

[DrRobin]

A superb build, I have enjoyed watching your instalments and some of your design inputs are inspiring. You deserve to get some good images.

Robin

[ASIGN_Baz]

Thanks folks! I hope you all build observatories now so I can sit back and watch and cheer you on!

and.......

WOOT! With the sale of all the photography gear, the EQ8 has now been bought and installed! The new RC12 Carbon fibre truss telescope arrives late Jan to mid Feb.

[lardy]

Christmas has come early Baz, I have enjoyed the build … an inspiration to us all :-)

Merry Christmas 

Mark

[Freff]

A very suitable home for the eq8 and RC12.

Have a good Christmas.

[ASIGN_Baz]

New RC12 Truss has arrived in Australia! Just a few more days getting through customs and I can drive up to Sydney and pick it up! WOOT!

[Freff]

Looking forward to the installation Barry.

[emadmoussa]

Aha - now we're talking, baby!!! Such obsy requires a mount of such kind.

[ollypenrice]

Baz, I get the strong feeling there there are more hours in your day than there are in mine! How do you get it all done??

Olly

[Dave_D]

that warm room looks bigger than my entire house... 

[Astrobug]

wow, thats a big ob

[ASIGN_Baz]

Baz, I get the strong feeling there there are more hours in your day than there are in mine! How do you get it all done??

Olly

Thanks to all for your kind encouragement!

Olly, I am fast running out of hours in a day. I just sold every bit of photography gear I own, not only to fund the upgrade in the observatory, but to downsize one of my bigger hobbies that takes up a lot of those precious hours.

Business closed, sold cameras and lighting equipment, sold studio and all equipment, sold every accessory, stripped advertising signwriting off car, car up for sale. Sold all my scopes and mounts. I'm getting there......

[Tinker1947]

That takes a lot of will power to sell off stuff that may have taken a decade or more to collect.....all mines in the Loft..

[Gina]

But without and scopes and mounts what's the observatory for?

[Beulah]

Thanks to all for your kind encouragement!

Olly, I am fast running out of hours in a day. I just sold every bit of photography gear I own, not only to fund the upgrade in the observatory, but to downsize one of my bigger hobbies that takes up a lot of those precious hours.

Business closed, sold cameras and lighting equipment, sold studio and all equipment, sold every accessory, stripped advertising signwriting off car, car up for sale. Sold all my scopes and mounts. I'm getting there......

Wow.

I hope you'll build your gear back up again once you've sorted the observatory? Or are you through with photography?

[RobertC]

That is one hell of an observatory ! 

-Rob

[ASIGN_Baz]

After many months of research and selling nearly everything that is near and dear to me, I finally drove to Sydney today to pick up a shiny new GSO RC12 inch Truss telescope. Let the steep learning curve begin! 

First cut

OOOH SHINYYYY!

Careful... don't tear the wrapping paper!

Back-heavy this one.

Balancing.

First light at the Moon.

Pointing at Jupiter.

Southern Cross and Pointers out the window...doesn't get much better than this!

[yesyes]

Now that looks much more at home there than the (relatively) small refractor. Congratulations.

[Freff]

That's it.....I'm finished reading your post.    

Of course you know I'm kidding.

[Gina]

WOW!  Now that is a telescope to match the observatory   Great stuff

[DrRobin]

Hmm, that looks the business, now I see why you sold everything else?  It doesn't look that heavy, unless you have been working out a lot down the gym?  Not too many counter weights either.

Robin

[Astrobug]

This will fit perfectlly in my shed

I can't wait to read the 1st review of it!

[Beulah]

See the cloud curse only exists in the UK. Let's emigrate en masse... 

Fabulous kit there!!

[tony]

Enjoy Baz, you've earned it mate.

[Gina]

Absolutely!   Wonderful job