ASIGN Observatory II is back on track!

Wanna make a scope? Or better still, grind a mirror yourself. Or, you have some good tips in making a really useful accessory? This is the place to show what your hands can do...
Post Reply
User avatar
Barry
Posts: 627
Joined: Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:00 pm
Contact:
Contact Barry

Re: ASIGN Observatory II is back on track!

Post by Barry »

Here's one more from last night. Now to stack and process the actual DSO frames!

Image
Top
User avatar
Gary
Posts: 3790
Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2003 7:06 am
Location: Toa Payoh
Contact:
Contact Gary

Re: ASIGN Observatory II is back on track!

Post by Gary »

Great composition and shot! Thanks for sharing.
http://www.astro.sg
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg


"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
Top
SillyYun
Posts: 30
Joined: Sat Nov 05, 2011 4:12 am
Favourite scope: celestron

Re: ASIGN Observatory II is back on track!

Post by SillyYun »

OMG wow Barry awesome! [smilie=admire.gif]
Top
User avatar
Barry
Posts: 627
Joined: Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:00 pm
Contact:
Contact Barry

Re: ASIGN Observatory II is back on track!

Post by Barry »

ASIGN Observatory II from around 11 metres off the ground.

Image
Top
User avatar
Barry
Posts: 627
Joined: Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:00 pm
Contact:
Contact Barry

Re: ASIGN Observatory II is back on track!

Post by Barry »

The flashing arrived today!! Fabricated perfectly to my measurements and diagrams.
Image

Installing the weather-proof skirt around the dome.
Image
Top
User avatar
Airconvent
Super Moderator
Posts: 5787
Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2003 11:49 pm
Location: United Federation of the Planets

Re: ASIGN Observatory II is back on track!

Post by Airconvent »

Looking good Barry, once the cafe is setup next to it, you can sip coffee while enjoying the night sky. :)
The Boldly Go Where No Meade Has Gone Before
Captain, RSS Enterprise NCC1701R
United Federation of the Planets
Top
User avatar
Barry
Posts: 627
Joined: Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:00 pm
Contact:
Contact Barry

Re: ASIGN Observatory II is back on track!

Post by Barry »

Airconvent wrote:Looking good Barry, once the cafe is setup next to it, you can sip coffee while enjoying the night sky. :)
Next to it!!??? I'm setting up Cafe IN IT! [smilie=admire2.gif]
Top
User avatar
Barry
Posts: 627
Joined: Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:00 pm
Contact:
Contact Barry

Re: ASIGN Observatory II is back on track!

Post by Barry »

1. Flashing (weather skirt) installed. Peeling the protective plastic off all the sheets now.
Image

2. First coat of light-absorbing matt-black paint on the inside.
Image
Top
User avatar
Gary
Posts: 3790
Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2003 7:06 am
Location: Toa Payoh
Contact:
Contact Gary

Re: ASIGN Observatory II is back on track!

Post by Gary »

Nice! But where's the coffee machine? :)
http://www.astro.sg
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg


"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
Top
User avatar
Barry
Posts: 627
Joined: Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:00 pm
Contact:
Contact Barry

Re: ASIGN Observatory II is back on track!

Post by Barry »

After last Saturday afternoon's severe sideways storm and rain flooding the observatory and everything in it, this week I got the silicone into all the joints and sealed it all up over the last couple of days. Today we had another big thunderstorm which was a great test.

I went inside during the downpour to look for leaks. I found one dripping through on the skirt, which I marked and will plug later when it dries. Also half a dozen other tiny drops which I also marked for sealing later. That should just about do it! The inside of the dome was 99.8% dry after the thunderstorm, so it's looking MUCH better!
Top
Post Reply

Return to “DIY Astronomy”