Building a Roll-Off Roof Observatory A Complete Guide for Design and Construction /

• Main Author: Hicks, John. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Series: Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series,
• Subjects: Physics.; Architecture.; Astronomy.; Engineering design.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Architecture, general.; Engineering Design.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76611-9

Almost every practical astronomer who takes the pursuit to its second level aspires to a fixed, permanent housing for his telescope, permitting its rapid and comfortable use and avoiding hours of setting-up time for each observing session. A roll-off roof observatory is the simplest and by far the m...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The Benefits of a Permanent Observatory
• Observatory Design Considerations
• Options for Foundation Types and Laying out the Observatory 'Footprint'
• Fabricating the Telescope Pier
• Preparing the Footings and the Obseravtory Floor
• Framing the Walls
• Framing the Gantry Section
• Fabricating the Track and Base Plate
• Framing the Roof
• Application of Steel Roofing
• Exterior and Interior Siding
• Final Luxuries.