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plans for personnal observatories

Started by dominique mongrain, 02/12/2006 03:47PM
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dominique mongrain
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[COLOR="Red"][/COLOR] 8) good to all astronomer
I want to construct my personnal home observatorie it is possible to obtain some plans,pictures,photos,and tech for construct one.I have a LX200 8" gps and i want to do more observation during the winter saison some one is abble to help me .
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Posted 02/12/2006 04:03PM #1
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Having an observatory makes everything so much easier, Dominique.
Here is the most extensive list of amateur observatories that I know of:
http://obs.nineplanets.org/obs/obslist.html
We welcome any further questions that your may have.

dan kowall
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Posted 02/12/2006 04:11PM #2
Wayne Gay
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Dominique,

Feel free to check out my site for plans and construction photo's. wink I can be up and running in less that five minutes. 8) I also have an 8" lx200, with a TV-85 piggybacked. grin Comes complete with warm room and motorized roof, the only thing missing is Dark Cloudless Skies!!!


http://waynesastronomy.com/observatory.asp

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Posted 02/12/2006 06:49PM #3
Robert Hayes
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I don't know if you want to build a dome or roll off but here's a set of plans I found for a dome.
http://www.geocities.com/va3ngc/Astronomy/Projects/ObsPlans.pdf
I made a ton of revisions but you can watch my progress on my posts.
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