Home Observatory Plans

I got a lot of good ideas by looking at what others had done.

Home observatory plans. Highly functional and affordable. The home farm observatories story started in 2010 when neil then the owner of a telescope shop was approached by a customer in edinburgh to recommend a good quality roll off roof observatory for the new equipment he was to purchase. If you have already purchased or built your telescope then you will have a general idea as to how much room or what size observatory you will need to install the telescope and allow it plenty of free room for the wires and cabling if the telescope requires electricity. We may publish a roundup someday and it would be nice to include any innovations you may come up with.

Dennis di cicco august 29 2006. Examples of small observatories that individual amateur astronomers have built for personal use. Eventually i found some plans on line for an 8 foot dome constructed on top of a hexagonal base. Amateur backyard observatory plans.

Classic looks but expensive. Observatory plans vendors of astronomical equipment. Imagination is the only limit. It began as a plan to mount my telescopes on the roof of a small barn on the property.

Dennis di cicco july 28 2006. Styles of home observatories domes. The combination of telescope and mount were simply too large to move around easily. Size can be deceptive.

At the time neil found there simply wasn t a supplier that provided custom designed observatories nor was. A simple home observatory in your backyard. Home with a vengeance. I started this list when doing research before building my own observatory.

Roof shingles were used for further leveling. Two 8 1 x 4s were attached to the ends of the 4 x 4s. See more ideas about observatory backyard astronomical observatory. Rugged construction but a big footprint.

Home general amateur astronomical observatories. Di cicco said he built his original small observatory as a stop gap while he planned for a bigger one but it worked so well he observed in it for nearly a decade. I was inspired by dennis di cicco s doghouse observatory which he described in sky telescope june 2000 page 125. So i devised a plan to have a tiny observatory.

This small home observatory is remarkably practical. The skyshed plans called for laying down 1x10s for the floor however i decided to put a sub floor of half inch pt plywood and then add pt 1 x 10s. Nov 9 2019 explore astrobackyard s board backyard observatories followed by 112846 people on pinterest.