6:17 - "I don't know what's in there at this point, but there's some kind of cool stuff in there I'm sure." Haha, it is amazing all of the astro gear you collect in storage bins and little boxes. You never know when that random USB cord, eyepiece cap, stock visual back, lens cloth, or umpteenth 25mm eyepiece that comes with every telescope will come in handy. Great idea about storage along the walls. Nice observatory, Vlad, and thanks for the additional info about ventilation.
I left my scope outside in the backyard covered for roughly 6 months, on the tripod with the eq6r it was the absolute best time i've had imaging. then it tipped over during a storm... just before winter i was lucky enough to get a pier for it but didn't want to rush so i figured i'd wait until spring to start. this video just gets me excited again to get this going. the time saved between setting up and starting imaging is surely a game changer. i had thought maybe live with a pier and a good cover for a year or two but this makes me want to just do an 8x8 for it and just be done with it. run power and ethernet right out to it. problem i have, is my best point of skyview is roughly 75ft out into the yard lol still would be absolutely worth it
Sorry to hear about the scope accident! I think it depends on your climate. Here its so wet that the cover was absolutely worthless. The condensation under it was out of control. If you are in a dryer climate, I think it would work well. Having the building is also nice for blocking things like light and wind so its overall the solution to go with if your planning on being in the same house for a while!
Great video, really useful information. A great comment you made about only putting the V-channel on one side. I hadn't thought about the parallel issue, so change my design to suit this.
That is super cool! I was curious and glad you brought up the moisture issue we have in the NW. Would be terrible if your nice rig started rusting in places. So you said the purpose is mainly no need to set things up, or acclimate the rig but does it help much far as blocking out ambient lights when doing visual viewing? Curious if it makes much if any difference far as that goes? Nice job btw!
Wind is a bit harder to deal with. Just a wall will a lot of times will create a kind of a vortex above it. I had a friend that made walls to block wind for his EAA 16" dob setup. He had a combination of mesh wall and solid.
Only issue is condensation. That that really depends on how wet of a climate you are in. Cold/hot dont really hurt anything(at least what we have here in the NW).
Well the g11 photographic rated capacity is 70lb. The 12" Meade ACF weights about 40lb for the tube. With all the goodies I'm probobly still a good 10lb under the rated capacity. Truth be told I have used even a 14" ACF on my g11 for a short time. They are amazing mounts!!!
@@AVTAstro Wow! They have improved their game. I had a G11 20 years ago I thought the capacity was around 30 lbs. I also had Titan, who’s capacity was around 100. Yes, they are amazing mounts. The G11 used to have junk servo motors. One time I drove to LA from San Diego to their workshop and Scott was great he traded out my fired servos. Good luck!
@@AVTAstro maybe I was thinking of the G8. I looked it up also and it did say 60 lbs for the G11. I had a TOA130 on it and it just wasn’t enough of a mount for the TOA It had to be the G8
Locally there is not a huge amount of light pollution witch is good. Unfortunately that house is in the city so its in a light polluted sky in general. You actually do bring up a good point that I did not talk about in the video. The observatory walls do block nearly all local light pollution witch makes observing much more enjoyable and you do see more as your eyes can dark adapt better!
6:17 - "I don't know what's in there at this point, but there's some kind of cool stuff in there I'm sure." Haha, it is amazing all of the astro gear you collect in storage bins and little boxes. You never know when that random USB cord, eyepiece cap, stock visual back, lens cloth, or umpteenth 25mm eyepiece that comes with every telescope will come in handy. Great idea about storage along the walls.
Nice observatory, Vlad, and thanks for the additional info about ventilation.
Yup happens to me all the time. Just yesterday I actually found some random bits of astro gear in a shelve I forgot that I stashed at one point! LOL.
I left my scope outside in the backyard covered for roughly 6 months, on the tripod with the eq6r it was the absolute best time i've had imaging. then it tipped over during a storm... just before winter i was lucky enough to get a pier for it but didn't want to rush so i figured i'd wait until spring to start. this video just gets me excited again to get this going. the time saved between setting up and starting imaging is surely a game changer. i had thought maybe live with a pier and a good cover for a year or two but this makes me want to just do an 8x8 for it and just be done with it. run power and ethernet right out to it. problem i have, is my best point of skyview is roughly 75ft out into the yard lol still would be absolutely worth it
Sorry to hear about the scope accident! I think it depends on your climate. Here its so wet that the cover was absolutely worthless. The condensation under it was out of control. If you are in a dryer climate, I think it would work well. Having the building is also nice for blocking things like light and wind so its overall the solution to go with if your planning on being in the same house for a while!
@@AVTAstro completely agree. say you've spent 7+k on equipment, whats another 2 to have it permanently housed!
Great video, really useful information. A great comment you made about only putting the V-channel on one side. I hadn't thought about the parallel issue, so change my design to suit this.
Glad to have helped. Its also much cheaper to do the v-channel on one side.
I like this idea of building your own observatory
Thanks!
@@AVTAstro you're welcome
Own big telescope and own observatory. A dream for many of us:)
Was a dream of mine for a long time. Proof that dreams do come true! In many cases they are accompanied by a lot of hard work though.
Wow, that's fantastic for a first building project! This is as useful as the designs the pros come up with I think
Glad you like it! Thanks.
Very inspiring observatory! You managed to give me many good ideas for a practical and inexpensive shed. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!😃
Thanks! Great job! Clear skies!
Thanks! Vlad.
Super teleskop, super obserwatorium!
Pozdrawiam serdecznie 😄🤚 🙂👍👍.
Lol, thanks👍
Inspiring. Thanks for sharing!
My pleasure!
Really nice and inspiring! Thanks for sharing!
You are so welcome!
You did a fine job!
Thanks, I appreciate it!
neat setup.
Thanks!
That is super cool! I was curious and glad you brought up the moisture issue we have in the NW. Would be terrible if your nice rig started rusting in places. So you said the purpose is mainly no need to set things up, or acclimate the rig but does it help much far as blocking out ambient lights when doing visual viewing? Curious if it makes much if any difference far as that goes? Nice job btw!
Yes the walls block almost all the local stray light👍
Thanks for sharing
Glad to do it!
nice job
Thanks!
Very nice! How hi the walls must be to protect the telescope from the wind and not to black line 9f sight ?
Wind is a bit harder to deal with. Just a wall will a lot of times will create a kind of a vortex above it. I had a friend that made walls to block wind for his EAA 16" dob setup. He had a combination of mesh wall and solid.
I'm sure the wasps + hornets will enjoy it a lot, such a tasty wood.
;-)
LOL
How’s the telescope handle cold weather
Only issue is condensation. That that really depends on how wet of a climate you are in. Cold/hot dont really hurt anything(at least what we have here in the NW).
Nice. That’s a hefty payload. Aren’t you kinda pushing that G11?
Well the g11 photographic rated capacity is 70lb. The 12" Meade ACF weights about 40lb for the tube. With all the goodies I'm probobly still a good 10lb under the rated capacity. Truth be told I have used even a 14" ACF on my g11 for a short time. They are amazing mounts!!!
@@AVTAstro Wow! They have improved their game. I had a G11 20 years ago I thought the capacity was around 30 lbs. I also had Titan, who’s capacity was around 100. Yes, they are amazing mounts. The G11 used to have junk servo motors. One time I drove to LA from San Diego to their workshop and Scott was great he traded out my fired servos. Good luck!
As far as know the capacity was always the same. The g8 has a 40lb capacity so I'm pretty sure the capacity of the g11 was never close to 30lb.
Correction, I just looked it up and the g11 is rated at 60lb. I believe the g11g is 70lb.
@@AVTAstro maybe I was thinking of the G8. I looked it up also and it did say 60 lbs for the G11. I had a TOA130 on it and it just wasn’t enough of a mount for the TOA It had to be the G8
E possibile sapere le dimensioni? Grazie
Hi, the observatory is 6x6'.
@@AVTAstro scusami ma non capisco se magari me lo dici in cm
looks like u dont have alot houses near by so LP should be very little, i myself iam in a huge white zone so LPs worst
Locally there is not a huge amount of light pollution witch is good. Unfortunately that house is in the city so its in a light polluted sky in general.
You actually do bring up a good point that I did not talk about in the video. The observatory walls do block nearly all local light pollution witch makes observing much more enjoyable and you do see more as your eyes can dark adapt better!