A poor mans obsevatory - Phase one

[MrEd]

Right Here is the problem....

I hate setting up my scope for DSO work, It takes ages to drift align

and get things right.

I want to permanently mount my scope and i don't ......

A - Have any room for a Roll off shed or a dome

B - Allowed sufficient funding as 'Her indoors' has higher

(and more sensible) Priorities....

So after much searching and thinking how to do it as cost efficiently as

and taking up the least room in the garden.

Enter my Two phase project.

Phase one to mount the wedge for my SCT in a permanent position.

Phase two (at a later date) to mount the scope in a mini observatory.

Commencing Phase 1

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Cutting a template

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Men at work

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Are we there yet daddy?

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Inserting the rods

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Fixing the shuttering

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Ready for concrete

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Ta da the Pillar

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Fixing a mounting plate

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Attaching the wedge

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The scope Base

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Job well done daddy....

Total out lay so far £60 approx.

A BIG Thnk you to MARCEL (user name COSMOS) on SGL without whome

i dont think the first phase would at all be possible.

Oh and little Gauis whose infinite questions helped pass the day.

Just rendering and drift aligning left and on to phase two...

Thanks for reading

Ed

[Jaffa007]

Looks good mate!

Job well done on phase 1

James

[MikeP]

Good job Ed, but you forgot to give credit to your little helper

Mike

[MrEd]

OOppps :oops:

All corrected now.

Tnhanks Mike

Ed

[anthony]

Looks pretty good there!

Anthony

[Jeff RV]

Very nice pier Ed, looks as sturdy as a rock.

Jeff.

[Trevor]

Haaaaaaaaa haaaa “Men at Work” bet little Gauis and your lovely lady did all the digging while you had a pint, that’s what I would do tee heee

Look’s good, now you could build a shed around it…………….. :mrgreen:

[Dippus]

That aint gonna blow away...

Looking good.

Mark

[CELESCOPE]

Nice one Ed and welcome to the Dark Side mate , so u going to show us how its all done now , Hmmmmmm , dont forget u need a BGCHEP to get things right , good luck

heheheheheheh

Old Rog :mrgreen:

[Aaron]

Well done Ed, phase one looking good .

btw I'm looking at installing a pier in my garden and this certainly looks a very cost effective way of doing so, just a few questions, how deep did you dig the hole, how tall is the pier out of the ground and it's diameter ?.

[centroid]

A substantial looking Pier Ed, it will serve you well!!.

Dave

[gary1968]

Looking good MrEd, should cut don set up time considerably.

Gary

[Vega]

Nice one Ed. That thing is going nowhere . Have fun on the 'dark side' as Rog puts it. I'll just watch from a distance.. (Not brave enough to attempt that stuff)

Matt

[MrEd]

Well all polar/Drift aligned

So apart from my guiding test i am almost ready for the

'dark side.'

Thanks for all the comments guys

Oh and Rog what does BGCHEP mean?

Ed