Observatory in tower???

Ok I met with my architect for my new remodel home and he came up with the idea to put up a tower on our property. It will be for show as well as go. I can make it 40ish feet tall. We are planning the top floor for the scope and it will have a sloping roof to view south easier.
If the only thing on the top floor will be the scope, the control room is one floor lower, will I be able to take ccd? I posted this on the yahoo observatory group also, so sorry for the rerun.
Brian

Brian,

Certain things you will have to consider though. The pier, will you be going all the way through the house to the ground and isolate it from the rest of the house? Since my observatory is only 30' above the ground ( less than you are thinking ) I can give you some ideas. Vibrations is a factor of course and since it will be part of the whole house I am guessing you will have to consider this since you will have people walking around while you are imagaing. So isolation will be a key factor I would think.

Next, another factor to consider is thermal dinamics of the house cooling at night too.

Mark