Hi All, I've started a new Photo Album in the photo section. It's called Observatory Lanscapes Feel free to upload any observatory photos rhat shows its...
Alright enough is enough! Why Did you join this group??? We have 109 members but only a slight, very slight of you post. If I had known that this would be the...
Well now, for once I have something to post on topic and to the point! My husband and I just signed papers on a beautiful piece of property in southern...
Hi Carol, Good to hear from you. Sounds like a great place you got. I have heard that Google hase something calld Google Sketch. I'll ask a friend of mine for...
Hi Carol, I don't know if this applies in the US, but I always design around standard length timber etc - in the UK, stuff is most easily available in 8ft ...
Hi Rob, That's a good rule of thumb to go by, Do you have zoneing and building codes like here in the U.S.? I used 4' X 8' plywood sheets that gives you a 4'...
Hi Alan, Yes, varies from area to area. Luckily for me, the local council rules are pretty relaxed about garden buildings - any single-storey with up to 30sq...
Alan, You seem to periodically post this kind of "kick-in-the-seat-of-the-pants" type of message to stimulate traffic. What are you expecting? Speaking for...
Hi Rob, I live out in the country, but we have building codes that we have to go by, When I asked about my Observatory they said that if under a certain size...
Hi All, Ive started a new Poll. What Phase are you in? Want to build, actively building, already built This poll will be open through December. Alan...
Vote Vote Help <http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/polls> Question What style observatory/observatories, do you own or intend to build ? * Flip Top *...
Hi George, I am not against people lurking around, I know that money, time and life issues are a process that we all deal with. I left my job to be a care...
Hi All, Some other poll results so far. Vote Vote Help <http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/polls> Question What style observatory/observatories, do you...
Well said George, This is exactly my position too. I only moved into my house on a bush block 3 months ago, and while I am desperate for an observatory to...
Have you checked out Pier Tech Observatories? Alan [Pier-Tech Telescope Pier] <http://www.pier-tech.com/index.html> MAKING OBSERVING COMFORTABLE Home...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the Flip_Top_and_Clamshell_Observatories group: What phase ar you in o Want to build o actively...
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Hi Ray, "I can still think, plan and dream" You said the truth Ray, Like I said that's why I started this group in the first place is to share dreams!. Alan ...
Hi Gang, I have had the crazy idea that I would like to have an observatory that the whole building would rotate. I would be using a 20" or larger truss tube...
Hi Robert, Yes I have seen a few of the rotating observatories. They go way back. One of the earlisits was made by lesly Peilter (SP?) I look for som and post...
Hi Robert, Here is a small one that I posted a while back. He was featured in an older Sky &Telescope Magazine. Alan Environmentally Controlled Portable...
Hi Alan, Thanks it sure is an interesting looking set up. I can think of a couple of times when I sure could have enjoyed a set up like that. Robert ... ...
Hi Robert, Do a google serach for Merry Go Around Observatories You will find alot of ideas. Alan ... Flip_Top_and_Clamshell_Observatories@yahoogroups.com,...
Hi All, Check this out, Alan Computer-controlled Merry-go-Round observatory Inspired by the merry-go-round observatory of the late Leslie Peltier (as described...
I was just looking at this site. Now that looks like it would be getting closer to handling my scope. The only problem is that I do not have a folded scope....
Erg!!! You can send a wish , so I did: /"I wish for peace, quiet, and less light pollution in the night sky....Why spend the money on a tower of light that no...
Hi Robert, I've seen some commercially available garden gazebos that may be suitable - apparantly this was common in the UK in Victorian times - the whole...
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