The observatory will be a converted Arrow Highpoint 10' x 12' shed. The shed will be converted to a run-off. I am much indebted to those who have gone before me and converted this excellent building into an observatory. The plan involves making a wooden frame to top the walls, an identical frame on which to build the roof, and yet a third frame to stand on "legs" behind the building to roll the roof onto.
I will post images and movies as the building gets underway...wish me luck!
The trials, tribulations and small triumphs of a Charlotte, NC astronomer imaging under Bortle 8/9 skies.
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The Horsehead Nebula with the Dwarf 3
Here's an image of the Horsehead Nebula captured under my Bortle 8/9 skies. There's 2.38 hours of total integration time, captured i...

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I had a couple of emails asking how to defork an ETX telescope. The ETX 90 and ETX 125 were optically superb scopes, but the mounts left a...
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The clouds melted away last night with a northerly breeze and a clear, transparent sky opened up. As it does not get dark until around 10...
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Like the Ring Nebula, the Dumbbell nebula is a planetary nebula marking the end of a star's life as it puffs off its outer layers into s...
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