1 0 meter telescope system.
Roll off roof strikes telescope.
For building the roof frame i used a 2 x 6 for the main cross beam and used a 2 x 4 support to level and hold in place.
0 5 meter telescope system.
When the roof opens up the scope can pivot upward and get to most of the sky.
Our roll off roof astronomical observatories are custom designed and built to suit your individual requirements.
Custom designs plans.
This page explains it s construction and some do s and dont s of observatory construction.
My original design called for the roof to roll off on angle iron placed in an l position where the wheels are protected on both sides by the angle iron.
It s a roll off roof shed constructed to house my 12 lx200 and computers.
Roll off roof observatories.
I got lucky on mine.
Arriving at the point where as an.
The tele station7 roll off roof observatory is designed with larger sizes in mind.
The observatory is more or less exactly the right size for the telescope to sit in its horizontal stored position diagonally with the roof closed.
I build the gables on the ground and then attached them to the secured roll off slider.
This provides some information about my observatory.
Intended to be of use to others who attempt to build an observatory of their own.
They are maintenance free and don t require external roof supports yielding a clean and aesthetically pleasing design.
Whatever telescope you have and wherever it needs to go we can create the ideal observatory for it.
Our observatories have been built to any size that fit our customers needs from a cozy 9 5 x 9 5 all the way up to 24 x 40.
0 6 meter telescope system.
One possiblity for a lower southern wall would be to incorporate part of the south wall into the roof but then clearance of any telescopes in the enclosure during roll off might be a problem.
With over 35 years of residential and commercial construction experience we ve constructed over 300 roll off roof observatories to date across the entire united states.
The roof is powered as a included feature with a center mounted rack and pinion drive.
The observing area roof rolls off onto support beams that are positioned over a warm room area.
0 7 meter telescope system.
Both areas are equivalent in width and length.
2 0 meter telescope system.
A friend of mine has a wide and strongly sloped roll off roof which slopes to within a couple of feet of the ground on the south edge and slides sideways towards the west when deployed.
