Whatever telescope you have and wherever it needs to go we can create the ideal observatory for it.
Roll off roof hits telescope.
However in the cardinal directions as the scope pivots down toward the horizon it eventually hits the walls preventing it from going any lower.
Building your own roll off roof observatory parts 1 and 2.
1 0 meter telescope system.
0 6 meter telescope system.
For building the roof frame i used a 2 x 6 for the main cross beam and used a 2 x 4 support to level and hold in place.
Tele station2 roll off roof observatory is a walk in observatory made of all aluminum no maintenance required.
2 0 meter telescope system.
When the roof opens up the scope can pivot upward and get to most of the sky.
One must understand that the telescope pier is a completely separate system from the actual observatory.
0 7 meter telescope system.
Roll off roof observatories are typically built entirely from timber and usually have pretty good airflow around the bottom of the roof but it s still possible to get this wrong.
We also offer a mobile observatory the star traveler mobile observatory.
A few years later we developed our tele station roll off roof observatories ts2 ts3 ts5 and ts6 that have features not found in any other roll off roof observatory available.
Our observatories have been built to any size that fit our customers needs from a cozy 9 5 x 9 5 all the way up to 24 x 40.
I followed the plans from skyshed for the the gable and roof construction again using deck screws.
You can take it with you if you move.
Custom designs plans.
With over 35 years of residential and commercial construction experience we ve constructed over 300 roll off roof observatories to date across the entire united states.
0 5 meter telescope system.
Our roll off roof astronomical observatories are custom designed and built to suit your individual requirements.
Unlike wood observatories the ts2 can be taken apart and reassembled with the same structural integrity.
One possiblity for a lower southern wall would be to incorporate part of the south wall into the roof but then clearance of any telescopes in the enclosure during roll off might be a problem.
The limit to where the telescope can point is usually called an observatory cut off the cut offs are short in the east and west directions but much higher along the peaks in the north and south directions.
Good airflow at the base of the observatory is just as important as it is at the top.
Each observatory is built at our facility from scratch and taken apart in sections and delivered to you for easy assembly.
I build the gables on the ground and then attached them to the secured roll off slider.
