Lucky Lake lights under SiriusNovember 26, 2004, 15 seconds
Canon PowerShot A75 camera
Hip Roof clamshell observatory, built November 2002
8 feet by 8 feet made from 7 sheets of 3/8" plywood
Lucky Lake lights under Sirius
November 26, 2004, 15 seconds
Canon PowerShot A75 camera
Hip Roof clamshell observatory, built November 2002
8 feet by 8 feet made from 7 sheets of 3/8" plywood
Blueprint
Each side opens up
End pieces lift out
Observing by moonlight with windshade to the North
March 2003
Photographing Andromeda, November 2003
Telescopes:
8 inch Meade StarFinder f/6 reflector
80 mm Sky-Watcher f/5 refractor
Added a wood floor in November, 2007
Orion SkyQuest XT12 and Byers 812 mount, February 2009
Still fits but getting crowded
November, 2009, 80x400mm SkyWatcher becomes the finderscope
December 2011, defrosting the mirror at -10C.
November 2019, 80x500mm Sky-Watcher Equinox-80 ED APO becomes the new finderscope
March 2022, 80-ED becomes a F/5 400mm telephoto lens with a Tele Vue 0.8x Reducer/Flattener
added 9x50 right angle Finder
September 2022, New aluminum roof
Photos by Tenho Tuomi, Saskatchewan, Canada
