RE: [APML] OT:Roll-off Roof Observatory

["Richard Klappal" <klappal@xnet.com>]

One of the members of our local club discovered an outdoor storage shed that
worked well for him, and only took about four hours to assemble.  His email
report was:

> Hi all,
>
> I happened on an interesting out door shed at the Sam's Club on Randall
> Road.
>
> It's manufactured by a company called Thinking Outside and is called the
> "Smart Shed" It is modular construction and looks like a large Rubbermaid
> type shed. The difference is that it is 11 X 7 feet has two skylighted
roof
> sections and a "Computer cubby" (just like the old Boyd obseravtories) on
> the back end.
> The walls on three sides are doors and open on all sides. One half can
hold
> a telescope up to a 12" SCT  (a little tight) in a 4 X 6.5 foot space on a
> pier. The back half gives you more walk around room when viewing making
the
> usable viewing space around the telescope 6 X 6.5. Each roof section
> unscrews separately, so you can keep the back half closed and use it for a
> control room. The front side doors open wide to give access to the
horizon.
> The side doors on this section do the same. It takes some modification to
> use thius structure, but not much. If modified for strength the working
end
> would only have two corner sections, everything else would be open. The
> wallswithout the roof aree 71 inches high. But once again the walls are
> doors and can be opened or closed for access or to stop wind.
>
> Have fun in the dark,
>
> Herman


-----Original Message-----
From: astro-photo-bounces@seds.org
[mailto:astro-photo-bounces@seds.org]On Behalf Of Chuck Vaughn
Sent: Wednesday, 01 October 2003 15:20
To: Discussion of Film Astrophotography
Subject: Re: [APML] OT:Roll-off Roof Observatory


Gary,

Good timing! I'm in the same boat and am looking for any plans that
might be out there.

Chuck <aa6g@aa6g.org>

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> Hi Everyone,
>     I am thinking about building a small observatory and was wondering
> if anyone knows of a website or source of info on building one?  I'm
> looking for something fairly simple and inexpensive.  Any help would
> be appreciated!  Thanks.
>  
> Gary
> Thaxton, VA

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