… and gone
The demolition of the old observatory is complete! I need to do some landscaping and excavate two of the cottage blocks that the weight of the building has pushed 6″…
… And Continues
With the roof and walls removed, now comes the hard part – prying up the plywood floor. A subfloor was added to seal off the original pad opening so that…
Demolition Continues
After a few days of heavy rain the skies are clearing up and I can get back to demolition of my observatory to make way for a new micro-version. I…
Demolition begins…
To make way and provide materials for my new micro-observatory, the old unstable macro-observatory has to go. Demolition began this weekend… As can be seen below, the chipboard has gotten…
Drumming it up
After some discussions on Cloudynights.com ATM forum I decided that trying to bend my own plywood would involve a lot of trial and error so I just went ahead and…
Micro-Observatory Latest
Well, I rolled the roof off of my shed last night and noticed that over the winter some of the columns have shifted in the runoff so the 600 lb…
Rebuilding the NTT16
So as the summer solstice approaches and I don’t use my astronomy time in my shed with a 10″ in an NEQ6 taking pictures, it’s time to start working on…
DIY Spectroheliograph Now Available
Christian Buil is a wonder. This Frenchman amateur astronomer has been a driving force behind a number of excellent amateur spectroscopy projects and products such as the instruments sold by…
SuperNova 2022hrs
Supernova 2022hrs, discovered by amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki on April 16.619 (14:50h UT) is in NGC 4647, an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation of Virgo. He used a 0.5-metre,…