“Somewhere, something
incredible is waiting to be
known". Sharon Begley
Copyright © 2024 by Dennis Roscoe, Ph.D. Last Update was February 15, 2024
Observatory
The Observatory building is a SkyShed POD on a 9 x
9 foot concrete slab with an isolated 16 inch pier.
Telescope Systems
Takahashi TOA-130F f/5.7 with reducer, AstroTech
102 f/7.0, and Bisque Paramount MX.
Optical Train
ZWO ASI2600MM Pro camera , Takahashi TOA-130R
Reducer with spacer rings resulting in a f/5.7optical
system. ZWO ASI174MM solar camera
ZWI OAG-L, ST-i guide camera and ZWO 7x36mm
filter wheel with Astrodon 5nm Ha, OIII, SII and LRGB
filters.
3 inch FeatherTouch Focuser with Starizona
MicroTouch Remote Focusing System and ZWO EAF
on Solar telescope with Daystar Quark system.
Pier Design
An isolated 16 inch pier goes down 6.5 feet mating
with a Big Foot footing form. A 4 inch PVC pipe
carries redundant CAT5e network lines back to the
house.
RoscoeSkies
Four 14" stainless steel 3/4" L-bolts (Dan's Pier Top
Plates) are held in a wooden template for placement
into the 16" concrete pier.
RSO Control Room
There are six applications programs that control the
operation of the RSO running on a headless mini-PC
in the observatory; TheSkyX Professional Edition, TSX
Camera Control, MicroTouch Focuser Control,
Voyager, Viking, and Dimension 4.
The mini-PC operates under the control of a remote
desktop.