Still not managed to get out and complete the polar alignment in the observatory – the weather has been it’s usual August pants! More cloud and rain than you could shake a stick at for the last few weeks, … Read more ...
Category: Observatory
First clear night in ages, and work commences!
Finally the calendar and clouds came together to give a clear night on a weekend to allow me to get some of the set up in the observatory done…
I updated SGP, but PHD and the rest were OK, although … Read more ...
New season approaches…
So with August looming, the nights are starting to draw in, so it’s time again to start getting the observatory ready for the new season….
This weekend I had a good tidy up, swept it out, hoovered it out – … Read more ...
Maintenance Work Part 3
Wow! I can’t believe I have not posted since October ’14! That’s terrible!!
OK, things have been busy with work, but I really should be able to do better than that!! So, what’s been happening at TANO since last year? … Read more ...
Maintenance Work Part 2
Well, lots of activity since the last post – been busy, as usual, hence the delay. A summary of work on the observatory looks like:
- Replaced the pent roof – re-felted
- Applied a synthetic flashing to the base of the