Posts Made By: Matthew Gauthier

The top of my pier is about 33" from the floor. That's to the top of the pier though, so you'll have to consider something for a pier plate or however you're attaching your scope to your pier. I have a 14" sct. On the wedge the eyepice can be quite low even at that height depending on where the object you're looking at. I've got it in alt/az right now and the height seems to work out better for most visitors that way.

Astromart is a great resource, there's also a number of yahoo groups dedicated to observatory operation and construction. Keep asking around and you'll find the answers to all your questions.

Matthew
http://www.deerrunobservatory.com/

Just my $.02 worth. I say get a great pair of 80mm binos and a good tripod for them. Not much difference in size. Just a thought...

Very nice effort. I only wish I could do half as well!

Binos are without a doubt the best piece of equipment
that anyone can have. I hope they bring you many hundreds
of hours of fun and clear skies!

After seeing so many of your planetary images I didn't think you could do anything that would impress me more than what you can do with the planets. Well, you managed to do it with that image. Awesome.