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To help with dark adaptation and reduce general reflections I decided to paint the interior of the observatory. While not everyone feels this is necessary (many observatories are left with bare wood inside) I felt a deep blue interior rather than black would be visually pleasing while achieving the required effect. |
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Since these photographs were taken I have replaced the make-shift desk with a more permanent construction and have also added a cupboard. |
 This wide angle view gives some indication of the relative size of the telescope and the space within the observatory. |
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A permanent observatory is the one thing that truly maximizes your observing time. I can be up and observing literally within a few minutes of checking that the sky is clear. It's simply a matter of unclipping and rolling back the roof, and then swinging the telescope into position! No longer must I spend time in assembling the telescope and then polar aligning the mount, as I have done for years with smaller telescopes. |
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I would like to thank all the hard work that
was put in by a number of friends, without whom I hate to imagine what the
final observatory would have looked like! Tony Flashman helped throughout
but in particular with the
construction and felting of the roof, while Paul Thomsett's expertise
(among other areas) lay in the installation and concreting of the
telescope pier.
Finally, but not least, Martin Smithson who was there day after day (I couldn't get rid of him!) helping with all aspects of the construction from start to finish. We only came to blows a few times, and many a problem or difference of opinion was bounced around before a final decision was made. As a result of this I am convinced that things went a lot smoother than they might have. A final final thank you should go to my long suffering wife, Catherine, for putting up with the mess for so long and for permission to dig up large chunks of her garden! She even transplanted some conifers that were in the way (They can be seen in some of the photographs on the 'Construction Begins' page). |
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