Observing Platform

Monday, 15 June 2009 20:23

I should have posted this last fall, but I got so busy bringing the new RASC Winnipeg Centre and 100 Hours of Astronomy websites online that I just didn't want to make the time.  Now that I've got my new site up and running, and no longer spending 8 hours per day at work, and another 4 hours per day on these websites, I have more time to work on mine.

Anyways, long story short, I went out and bought a bunch of supplies to build an 8-foot by 8-foot deck.  The purpose of this deck was two-fold.  If I built an enclosed observatory (as I plan to do), what size would work.  Secondly, by building a smaller deck, I could (with some assistance), move the deck around to find the best locaton to place my observatory.

The good news is that I like the location that I placed the deck, and have decided to make this location the home of my observatory.  Now that it's nice outside, I'm plan to get pictures of the current site.