Jul
23
2010
Tonight I was able to get out and setup the telescope some more. I installed the Celestron Edge 800 HD on the Tandem bar with the Orion Short tube 80. I looked high and low for my piggyback adapter plate, but have yet to find where I put it. The Side by Side …
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Jul
20
2010
This past Wednesday the dome was finally put in place with the help from two friends David Reynolds and Ray Shore. Thanks for all the help! The doming process was actually quick and painless. After placing the dome on we proceeded to level and shim each wheel. The dome rotates very nicely with little effort. …
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Jul
10
2010
This past Wednesday I was able to get the observatory wall sections up with the new taller wall segements in place. I purposely did not connect all uprights in several areas so that I could have some play with the upper ring for final adjustments(ignore any outta plumb segments). I decided at this point that …
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Jul
05
2010
Now that 4th of July is over the building of DaltonSkyGazer observatory has begun. It was a ripe 99F on my thermometer at the house today and extremely humid, it may have been hotter at one point(104.4F in shade hi according to my thermometer). I went to Home Depot early afternoon and picked up the …
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