My backyard observatory

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In 2003 I bought a C14 and the telescope is so heavy (more than 100kg with the mount) that, I immediately thought building a observatory.
It was difficult to choose what kind of observatory I need. But this page give numeros exemples and this helped me a lot. You can click on pictures to see largeur ones.

	The pier was bought for the weight at a scrap merchant. It's from a cast iron street lamp pier, and the weight is 80kg. What a nice reconversion!
	My girl friend helped me boring the hole for the pier's foundations.
	The outer covering for the electriques cables and the steel rods for concrete.
	The concret is done the August 7th, 2004. The concrete block is 60x60x60 cm, and the weight is almost 300kg
	The very first light of a new observatory
	Start of the floor building
	A little later...
	The floor is done!
	The structure for the telescope house. You can see the four wells to move the house.
	The walls and the roof was finished
	The doors was added, and the telescope is now bigger

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