Roll Off Roof Hits Telescope

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Roll off roof hits telescope. 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. However in the cardinal directions as the scope pivots down toward the horizon it eventually hits the walls preventing it from going any lower. Whatever telescope you have and wherever it needs to go we can create the ideal observatory for it. Tele station2 roll off roof observatory is a walk in observatory made of all aluminum no maintenance required.

0 5 meter telescope system. It s very important to have a suspended floor that isn t sitting on a concrete pad. 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. 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.

Our roll off roof astronomical observatories are custom designed and built to suit your individual requirements. You can take it with you if you move. I followed the plans from skyshed for the the gable and roof construction again using deck screws. 0 6 meter telescope system.

Good airflow at the base of the observatory is just as important as it is at the top. Yes visual observing will take a hit but ccd imaging can compensate for any light pollution that remains. Unlike wood observatories the ts2 can be taken apart and reassembled with the same structural integrity. 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.

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. 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. 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. 2 0 meter telescope system.

Building your own roll off roof observatory parts 1 and 2. One must understand that the telescope pier is a completely separate system from the actual observatory. 0 7 meter telescope system. We also offer a mobile observatory the star traveler mobile observatory.

Each observatory is built at our facility from scratch and taken apart in sections and delivered to you for easy assembly. 1 0 meter telescope system.