I have a telescope that I use to take photos of stellar objects, and I'm really tired of setting it up and taking it down. To take photos I have to align it pretty precisely, and it often takes between two and three hours before I decide to set it up and when I take my first picture. It takes another half hour to take it all down in the morning when I'm done. I like taking pictures, but currently I'd be better off if my hobby was setting up and taking down telescopes - I seems like I spend more time doing that than taking photos. Because it is takes so long to do, I'm also very picky about the nights I'll set the scope up, which means that I only get out once or twice a month.
Buildings that have telescopes in them are called observatories, no matter how big they are or what shape they are. If my telescope was in an observatory, I could skip the 3 hours of set up and tear down time, and image on nights that are less perfect than the ones I wait for now.
Between my HOA and my wife, I'm not going to be setting up any domed, Palomar looking building in my back yard anytime soon. But I really don't really need such a building - I don't actually look through the eyepiece of my telescope, so I don't need to be able to get close to it.
I just need something large enough to hold my telescope that won't attract the attention of the HOA or spouse. My telescope is pretty small, and it would fit comfortably in a building the size of a doghouse. The doghouse will need to have a removable roof, and the telescope will have to be mounted on something that can be raised and lowered so it will fit inside the roof when it is on, but if I can make those two things happen I will have a house for my telescope.
A dog house observatory. A dogservatory.
Buildings that have telescopes in them are called observatories, no matter how big they are or what shape they are. If my telescope was in an observatory, I could skip the 3 hours of set up and tear down time, and image on nights that are less perfect than the ones I wait for now.
Between my HOA and my wife, I'm not going to be setting up any domed, Palomar looking building in my back yard anytime soon. But I really don't really need such a building - I don't actually look through the eyepiece of my telescope, so I don't need to be able to get close to it.
I just need something large enough to hold my telescope that won't attract the attention of the HOA or spouse. My telescope is pretty small, and it would fit comfortably in a building the size of a doghouse. The doghouse will need to have a removable roof, and the telescope will have to be mounted on something that can be raised and lowered so it will fit inside the roof when it is on, but if I can make those two things happen I will have a house for my telescope.
A dog house observatory. A dogservatory.
You might think by reading this blog that my husband has LOTS of free time. He doesn't! Not only is he digging a hole in the backyard building something he has to explain everytime he talks about it but he blogs about it to boot. OMG
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