My mini observatory

[Ken_nneth]

Finishing up my mini observatory, I’m tired of carrying everything out just to have the skies cloud over. This is a light weight plywood shell that will be screwed to the deck where my pier comes through. It hinges completely over (180). I am building an internal box to house my pc and power supply and hoping to figure out a system for reducing all the cables.

[Scott]

Love it ? 

[Chris]

Excellent! I'll follow with interest  

[Gina]

Nice and simple - the best solution   Looks good too

[Craney]

Careful that no bees move in  !!  ......  otherwise you'll will need a fish-eye lens to image M-44.......   ( Great design btw).

[kirkster501]

Wow, well done.  Excellent work!

[SteveA]

That's a super piece of woodwork there.....very impressed.

Steve

[Dave1]

Impressive bit of work

[ollypenrice]

Splendidly compact. What's it going to house?

Olly

[Ken_nneth]

Thanks all, this is going to be the new home of my astro imaging setup: 

Celestron Edge HD 8 with Feathertouch and Sesto Senso focusing motor, Celestron f7 Reducer, Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 GT, QHY Polemaster, ZWO OAG - Lodestar X2, ASI1600 mono cooled, ZWO 7 pos. 32mm filter wheel, Baader LRGB+-Ha filters.

So you see why a hate having to carry this back and forth. Heavy and dangerous on winter ice and snow.  

[ollypenrice]

52 minutes ago, Ken_nneth said:

Thanks all, this is going to be the new home of my astro imaging setup: 

Celestron Edge HD 8 with Feathertouch and Sesto Senso focusing motor, Celestron f7 Reducer, Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 GT, QHY Polemaster, ZWO OAG - Lodestar X2, ASI1600 mono cooled, ZWO 7 pos. 32mm filter wheel, Baader LRGB+-Ha filters.

So you see why a hate having to carry this back and forth. Heavy and dangerous on winter ice and snow.  

A permanent setup makes all the difference and lets you spend more time on the fun side of things.

Olly

[Shibby]

A very nice little solution! Although, the birds might think it's for them

[Ken_nneth]

1 hour ago, Shibby said:

Although, the birds might think it's for them

Big birds, but I need to add a door.

[Ken_nneth]

Started setting up my mini observatory, not finished but had to see that it fit properly.

[Chris]

Looking very good indeed!

[Alan White]

Very nice,very simple, like it a lot.
Does the top hinge over with the scope as shown or does it have a park position?

[Ken_nneth]

I have set a "pack away" home pos, so the first thing I plan to do when starting is to unpark/park to the real home pos. Hopefully all pos info is then available, and goto is should be correct.

[AKB]

That looks very like a somewhat larger HomeObservatory UK building in the background??

 

[KemalOz]

nice job. have you done any water or heat insulation?

[Ken_nneth]

20 hours ago, KemalOz said:

nice job. have you done any water or heat insulation?

Heat is no problem because my season is over before the temp gets to be a problem. By mid May the night sky is to light to do anything really worth the effort," Midnight sun ". But I am working at the water tightness issue, thinking about a thin layer of fiberglass. The top fits over the lower edge so no leaks there.