Monthly Archives: November 2023

Observatory Construction, Part 2a

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This is part 2a because I had intended to be finished now (Part 2), but that didn’t happen.  I have good excuses!  While waiting for the concrete to set I got Covid.  This was the first time for me, and I was very cautious about it – staying in quarantine pretty much full time for 5 days.  I’m feeling much better now, but my strength is returning slowly.  And now it has started raining, so it will probably be a few days before I can do any more work. The first step after allowing the concrete to set was to […]

Breaking Ground for Wa-chur-ed 2

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Construction has finally begun on Wa-chur-ed Obervatory 2.  It was difficult to select a location in my backyard that would satisfy a myriad of requirements, including approval from the HOA and (more importantly) my wife.  It is just south of the west corner of the house, 25 feet away. The old observatory was a “roll-off roof” (ROR) type, but this will be an actual dome, similar to this: The base is 2.2 meters in diameter, and if you scale the image of the door from that you’ll see that “watch your head” is even more appropriate for this structure.  Fortunately, […]