Our observatory was built in June 2003 by Scott & his crew. They came all the way from Ohio to build it for us & they did a terrific job. If you'd like to see more of Scott's work & learn more about building your own back yard observatory, click on the telescope below
Scott Horstman drew up the plans & we had the concrete work done before he and his crew arrived. The concrete crew also laid PVC pipe so we could wire the observatory from the house underground.
This was their largest project to date - the observatory measures 15'6" X 15'6" and also contains a control room. We are very pleased with the end result & Scott & his crew were great to work with. He paid very close attention to detail - including matching the siding to the existing siding on our house.
Here are just a couple of photos & a couple of videos of the room opening & closing. It actually takes 16 seconds to open & close - silently - the particular digital camera I used only take 15 seconds worth of video... When closed it looks just like a regular small garage, but it sure turns heads when it's open during the daytime.
Click the icon below to download a 15 second video in .mpg format of the observatory opening.
Click the
icon below to download a 15 second video in .mpg format of the observatory closing.
(Not much
different - but hey, I know how you guys are)
These files are 1324K each so they may take awhile to download
They should be readily viewable in Windows Media Player.