Ebay - Astronomical observatory with 3 metre dome

[ukbigd]

Not sure if this is in the right forum (so mods move it if its wrong) But this might be of some use to someone on here.....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Astronomical-observatory-with-3-metre-dome_W0QQitemZ150321055073QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Telescopes?hash=item150321055073&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A4|65%3A10|39%3A1|240%3A1318

[RichieJarvis]

It'll be interesting to see how much that goes for...

[philf]

I'd bid £ 1 but how would you get it home - definitley a "buyer collects" item - lol

[ukbigd]

It broke my heart to read "if no one wants it", He is going to scrap it..... Ye Gods

[George]

I wonder why he gave up the sport, I followed his build of that obs a few years ago.

[Doc]

Only about 10 miles from where I live.

Would my 16" dob fit in it

[philf]

I would post him a question on the page and ask him .. you never know and if you have space in the garden for it ?

Who needs a lawn !

[Doc]

Plenty of space....

And one day I do want to get myself a eq6 and a small apo.

Missus would kill me.....

[philf]

Yeah, but she can only kill you once ... and the pain wont last to long.

go on ... you know you want to :evil2:

[Black Shuck]

It broke my heart to read "if no one wants it", He is going to scrap it.

Me too - seems very sad !

There seem to be a lot of "new" houses around in the picture - perhaps he's fed up with the security lights, etc, etc.

£

[Doc]

Funny thing is we built an extention and conservatory about 12 months ago as well as a new garden shed, I run 4 core armoured to the shed so it's future proofed incase I ever get an observatory.

Always thinking ahead I am.

[Jeff RV]

I wonder if it's possible to de construct the actual dome into more manageable pieces, looks great.

Looks like he's selling the lot scope as well.

Jeff.

[tinvek]

Missus would kill me.....

not if you locked yourself inside it

[Doc]

Missus would kill me.....

not if you locked yourself inside it

Wouldn't work she would bite the lock off

[beamish]

I feel sure he must be gutted too- what a shame if this isn't sold and scrapped. surely please surely someone must realise what a cracking piece of craftsmanship this obsy is.

[gary1968]

Oh I wish I had the space, and a cooperative missus..................

Gary

[trudie]

All of his items for sale have dissapeared, strange, perhaps hes changed his mind ( I hope so).

Trudie

[Doc]

Or someone has made him an offer....

[AstroTiger]

MAN IT BREAKS MY HEART!

If i had the space i would have it in an instant!

Perhaps someone of the BAA or SPA might be able to find it a nice home. Seems sacrilidge to trash a decent build like that. Thats an astronomers dream a setup like that.

I know Lukeboy might be interested, but how would he transport it!

[barkis]

This is a doable project, and I can't understand why nobody has gone for it. It is not such a large dome, and surely would fit edge on inside a Transit van.

Did it say anywhere what it was made of. Fibreglass, or aluminium, or something else?

I think the guys main aim, is to have it out of the way, and the price would not be a large

ask I don't think. A bit younger, and I would be halfway

to Mansfield by now. :laughing2:

Ron.

[George]

Its plywood skinned with fibreglass, there's no way you'd get that in a trannie, its a flatbed jobbie for sure.

I'm pretty sure realistically only the dome and ring would be salvageable the rest is timber which wouldn't be easy to dismantle without damage.

Still a dome is a dome

[trudie]

Sorry to dissapoint you guys, but its no longer for sale, withdrawn yesterday

[George]

Sorry to dissapoint you guys, but its no longer for sale, withdrawn yesterday

Yeah I know Trudie, was just hypothesizing