Here is a shot of my observatory in the mountains of southern California. 75 degrees at my house and yet 60 miles away 2 feet of snow. Not a lot for many of you, but a load to us in sunny SoCal.

 

great looking Marvin the Martian cartoon/drawing there !
It has been Mars season anyway

 

Brush off that picnic table and have a nice lunch on it, maybe with a nice cup of hot cocoa.

 

Really cool -- literally and figuratively!

And great to hear from you!


Here's a shot from this winter, too -- just across the road from your observatory, on Frazier Mtn.

 

Best thread title I ever did read on OF.

Backed up by the goods too.

Love this.

 

I’ll obviously and happily take the bait:

 

Perhaps I should have used "photograph" instead of "shot".

 

May as well show some of the inside...........

 

Shoot man two feet of snow is a lot for anyone. Sure I’ve dealt with more but nothing to brag about. Shoot parts of the country get 6 inches and it shuts them down as they never get it and don’t have the equipment to deal with it. Snow wouldn’t be so bad if it didn’t snow on cars and the roads. Anyway being able to say “my observatory” gives you like major coolness in my book. I just got a deck to stand on to look at the stars and I think that’s pretty cool. I want me an observatory now.

 

If you're ever in the Los Angeles area send me a PM and you can come up and check it out.

 

When I bought the property 25 years ago I wanted to pour a 10'x10' concrete pad to set up my telescope and look at cool stuff. Kind of got out of hand.

 

Here we go with no snow and same telescope during the day. Getting ready for some solar observing.

 

Wait a sec... you have your very *own* observatory?

If so... respect.

 

Then you thought right, basically.

But he’s being too coy for it to be clear.

Tell me please about how (mechanically) the roof apparently splits and moves outward over each pergola-looking structure at the wings?

also, where’s the member around here a few months ago talking about his backyard observatory, discovering/naming a comet, etc.? seems y’all need to hang-the-f-out

 

I believe that would be @Jones in LA

The two roof sections are built on a 6"x6" wooden frame. Wheels support the roof structure and ride on steel rails across the outriggers. One side rides on an inverted V rail and the other on a flat rail, this keeps the sections aligned when moving. Electric winch on each side does the work.

 

Ok!, now you have my entire attention. I have been to the Palomar Mountain Observatory a few times. A great scope and not often viewed as Griffith Park.