Whatever telescope you have and wherever it needs to go we can create the ideal observatory for it.
Roll off roof strikes telescope.
My original design called for the roof to roll off on angle iron placed in an l position where the wheels are protected on both sides by the angle iron.
Both areas are equivalent in width and length.
Our roll off roof astronomical observatories are custom designed and built to suit your individual requirements.
They are maintenance free and don t require external roof supports yielding a clean and aesthetically pleasing design.
0 7 meter telescope system.
Arriving at the point where as an.
This page explains it s construction and some do s and dont s of observatory construction.
The observatory is more or less exactly the right size for the telescope to sit in its horizontal stored position diagonally with the roof closed.
A friend of mine has a wide and strongly sloped roll off roof which slopes to within a couple of feet of the ground on the south edge and slides sideways towards the west when deployed.
0 5 meter telescope system.
Made from structural aluminum our roll off roof observatories have design features not found in any other roll off roof observatory design.
2 0 meter telescope system.
This provides some information about my observatory.
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.
The observing area roof rolls off onto support beams that are positioned over a warm room area.
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 6 meter telescope system.
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.
I got lucky on mine.
Custom designs plans.
Intended to be of use to others who attempt to build an observatory of their own.
Without measured drawings of your observatory you might run into the problem of not providing the necessary clearance for the roll off roof.
1 0 meter telescope system.
I build the gables on the ground and then attached them to the secured roll off slider.
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.
The tele station7 roll off roof observatory is designed with larger sizes in mind.
I followed the plans from skyshed for the the gable and roof construction again using deck screws.
It s a roll off roof shed constructed to house my 12 lx200 and computers.
