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The North Observatory

A 12 x 16 foot shed that had been converted to an rool off roof observatory was donated to us in 2005. It was located about 2 miles from Indian Hill, so we hired a contractor who specializes in moving "yard sheds". He had a custom designed trailer that can adjust and pick up (and place) outbuilding.

We dug and poured twelve, 12" footers for the observatory to rest on.

Here's the "move":

 

Main Observatory

 

 

We added new rails for the roof to roll onto.

Dome

 

 

New casters

North Observatory

 

 

New crank mechanism

 

This observatory currently houses a 12" Meade LX200 SCT and a 10" Meade Schmidt-Newtonian