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Held up by approaching storm conditions with amber and red warnings for wind and rain over the next 24-48 hours.
So here's some piccies.
Had a rethink on the position of the 'scopes which were originally to be in the NW and SE corners.
Considering the amount of obsy between the NW position and the southern wall, I've decided to try and move both
positions closer to the south - to minimise heat turbulence from the structure during the day imaging.
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I've had to consider changing the rollers - but all, so far, seems to be going according to plan - despite inconsistent widths/breadths within the timbers which caught me out after the carcases were assembled.
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Your view away from the house is brilliant!
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Mostly open views, horizontally, from NE round to ESE. Higher elevations gets me over the stone barn, but will suffer from thermal affects. I normally reach the
North pole is doable, but with ivy covered fir close by the northern wall - can be cut back if necessary.
Gusts to 48kt and rain to 13.8mm so far since 09 gmt.
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Wind was a little underwhelming - gust 46kt (we've had way more).
24 hour rainfall 61mm which is a record for us (12 years), so the wood is dripping somewhat!
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Looks like I will be restricting my view a little for the western side scope, due to the roof sliding that way, and the top of the warm room - but it's a compromise given other restrictions!
Ah well.
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With wind gusts of 46 kt though, is there no risk of the whole building flying through the air in the next storm since it is sitting loose on its foundation? If you can even call it a foundation, that is.
I am a bit confused about the roof sliding in the Western direction, if I got that right. The warm room is West, and it is taller than the observatory side (East). So how can the roof slide Westward? I must be mistaken.
Regardless, it is interesting to see how you go about it with good progress.
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46kt and it's still in position. All that wood is very heavy.
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Best way to describe it is the roof includes part of the walls.SkyHiker wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 8:26 pm
I am a bit confused about the roof sliding in the Western direction, if I got that right. The warm room is West, and it is taller than the observatory side (East). So how can the roof slide Westward? I must be mistaken.
Regardless, it is interesting to see how you go about it with good progress.
Hybrid between a full shed slide off and a full roof slide off - sliding box.
Bit like this one https://crayfordmanorastro.com/2019/02/ ... servatory/
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I'll know more when I get the warm room's roof on.
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Thank you for giving me pause for thought.SkyHiker wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 8:26 pm Impressive progress thus far!
With wind gusts of 46 kt though, is there no risk of the whole building flying through the air in the next storm since it is sitting loose on its foundation? If you can even call it a foundation, that is.
I am a bit confused about the roof sliding in the Western direction, if I got that right. The warm room is West, and it is taller than the observatory side (East). So how can the roof slide Westward? I must be mistaken.
Regardless, it is interesting to see how you go about it with good progress.
Although the west slide is doable, as per the link and there are numerous other examples, I've decided to shift eastwards - it'll mean the roof doesn't need to be as high as expected and I can build it more rigidly than the other way would have been.
Wood's drying nicely in a bit of sunshine after the recent deluge.
A bonus would be a small window across to the west, useful for evening.
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