bloodhound31 Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Hello all, If anyone is interested in building their own observatory from scratch, learning about astrophotography, or trying their hand at a few astronomy related DIY projects, please say hello and have a bit of a look through my website. It is all free and there are no gimmicks. Put your credit card away, I don't want to see it! LOL Big cheers, Baz. _________________ A.S.I.G.N. Observatory Canberra, Australia http://www.asignobservatory.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4tt3n Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Looks interesting, but your link seems to be dead. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodhound31 Posted October 28, 2007 Author Share Posted October 28, 2007 Looks interesting, but your link seems to be dead. Cheers Sorry dude, I just checked too, the link is ok but the server is down . Have another go later. Thanks for looking! Baz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangloss Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Awesome observatory, nice work. Do you need much of a cooling-off period when you open the dome? Is that a parking lot behind the dome? What kind of heat waves do you get from that direction? What kind of light pollution do you have to deal with in the area in general? What's your effective horizon like? It looks kinda tight with all those trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodhound31 Posted October 29, 2007 Author Share Posted October 29, 2007 I usually open up the dome an hour before imaging. Winter is obviously better, being in Canberra with it's minus temperatures.... Not a parking lot, just the street. Heat from that direction is not a problem. Light pollution in the burbs of Canberra is far better than that of Sydney, I can vouch for that! The dome is placed in my front yard in a nominal position, considering the movement of the stars from east to west. I try to photograph things that are at least 30 degrees above the horizon if I can anyway. Any lower than that tends to introduce too many atmospheric anomalies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghstofmaxwll Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Do my eyes deceive me or is that dome a tardis aswell? derderdermmerderum wooowoooweeehwehhhhwehherwehhh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangloss Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Thanks, bloodhound, that was interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitus Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 Do my eyes deceive me or is that dome a tardis aswell? derderdermmerderum wooowoooweeehwehhhhwehherwehhh! But it's so small doctor. LOL Nice work man, just wondering where you got your telescope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodhound31 Posted November 30, 2007 Author Share Posted November 30, 2007 I purchased it from a long since out of business telescope shop in Parramatta, Sydney. It came from Celestron in the U.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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