Building and Observatory – Part 3
Only a few showers this weekend, which makes it probably the sunniest of the whole summer! So I managed to get two decent afternoons work done.
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Building and Observatory – Part 2
This summer has been uncharacteristically wet. And it wasn’t until last Saturday that I got to take the wood out from under the tarpaulin and start working. The first thing to do was to get the floor joists in place. The longest part of that was ensuring the 2×4 frame was level.
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Dark Sky Parks and Dark Sky Reserves – A Comparison
Over the past while I’ve noticed that some confusion has arisen about the distinctions between Dark Sky Parks and Dark Sky Reserves. In preparation for an upcoming meeting I drew up the following 2 pager explaining the key differences. For the impatient, here’s the 2 line difference from Steve Owens: Parks are public land more
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Building an Observatory – Part 1
About 10 years ago I decided to build an observatory. I’m finally getting around to doing it. My reasoning for building it has changed down the years. Initially I wanted to build it in order to have a serious imaging and research setup, now I want it for convenience. I want a setup that I