Cheap obsy's?

[stefski]

Hi All,

After a disasterous night last night.....(don't let me get started...)...I'm thinking of a way of having all my gear 'ready for action' for any brief break in the cumulus.

All you chaps and chapesses who have an obsy, can you give advice/costs. i have avery small garden which, sadly, is north facing and overlooked. garage runs along one side. Two small boys who will climb/knock down/injure selves on anything that isn't sturdy and a least not in the middle of the small lawn......

Any ideas/links? I have an extremely limited budget (read 'credit card I mustn't use').

Cheers in advance.

Stef

[Psychobilly]

I know some people have used low level roll-off storage cabinets rather than an obs big enough to stay in with the scope...

Billy...

[Merlin66]

I built a 8' x 6' Argos Tin Shed Observatory, which has managed to survive the Winter very well. Total cost was about 300GBP.

There's a thread somewhere.....FOUND IT!

http://ukastroimaging.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=40174.0

A cheap workable solution!!

[GB-UK]

I found this which might help!!

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/cmhas/activities/observatories/putlandsbuild.html

[Doc]

I found this which might help!!

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/cmhas/activities/observatories/putlandsbuild.html

Very good find.

Full of detail a must read for anyone thinking about building a Obsy.

[michaelmorris]

If you want a very cheap observatory then the way to go is a run-off shed. Martin Mobberley and Sir Patrick both use them.

[stefski]

Cheers guys! :-)

stef