Telescope Installed!
Last night I completed installing my NEQ6 mount and a 102mm refractor in the observatory. Unfortunately a couple of AC adapters have gone missing including the one for my powered…
Build Day 19
After a rainy miserable week, back at it with a new coat of stain for the entire building (a bit lighter shade) and trim for the whole building. I put…
Build Day 17
Since it’s raining today and promises to rain for the next 5 days my focus has changed to working on the electronics package to run the Micro-Observatory (MO). I transferred…
Day 16 Build
Doors are cut and framed in (although not in this image) and the pier plate is aligned with North so the telescope can be polar aligned. Now all that’s needed…
Day 15 Build
The roof was trimmed, a gutter added on the S side to catch any runoff on the roof (it’s tilted S so solar panels can be mounted on it, which…
Day 14 Build
Fixed the installation of the motor so it is sideways to the rail to permit use of the magnets for limit switches. It works!
Day 13 Build
The steel roof is on! Still needs a trim on the S side and the eavestrough to carry water to the sides and not into the building when the roof…
Weatherstation
Big push to finish the roof of the observatory this weekend! As a digression I will need a weather station for the observatory and had originally intended to build my…
Day 11 Build
Wheels and rails are mounted, and the chipboard has been added to the roof – just needs to be trimmed, stained and the siding put on and it’s time for…