Thank you mate, certainly been a lot of work but worth it. I feel so lucky to have such a lovely space to do my hobby from. My wife named it and they always know best.
Everything is just perfect. Feng shui? It gives an incredible aura, can’t imagine being there in person. We can also just simplify it into the perfect mancave!! Well done …
I was setting by the computer drinking some coffee and wondered how the Astrobloke's project was coming along? Well it is beautiful! 🥳 You do wonderful work and it is nicer than some homes. Some guys have to go to the dog-house to get away. Ha-Ha. You have a cool observatory-office. 🌟🌜 Thank you and best regards. Magnificent images.
Yes I finally completed the works although I seem to be constantly tweaking and adding to make it even better. I am more than pleased with the finished product and thank you for your kind words. I feel very lucky to have such lovely comfortable space to escape to and it really does work extremely well. Thanks again for watching and your support....clear skies
Without your help and support it would not have been possible. I an sure I will spend many happy hours but not too many and you always have a seat reserved.
Hi Sheville, Great to hear from you and hope you are keeping well. There are lots of things for me to share and I am slowly getting on top of things so will finally have the time to release content more often. clear skies
Hi Glenn nice to see you back mate, the obsy is looking great mate looking forward go seeing what your new equipment is, excellent images as usual mate,
Well now my little Keter shed is feeling a bit left out!! 🤣 What an amazing construction, Glenn - truly inspirational. I hope you both are very much enjoying life in your new home. 😊
Also, I just added the same mini travel router to my rig, off your recommendation, and it has vastly improved the stability of the Remote Desktop connection between my Mele imaging pc & my tablet!
Thank you mate, really appreciate the support and comments. That's great news on the router. They are perfect being so small and light and help loads with the signal. Clear skies
Hi Paul and thank you so much for your kind comments. I really do not like not being able to get content out but sometimes life just gets in the way. Really appreciate your support. clear skies.
Hi Rob and thank you mate. I have been so busy lately I have not even been able to sit and support people like yourself but will spend some time and catch up on videos I have missed. Appreciate the support and clear skies to you too
Absolutely astounding Glenn, I really like the way you have put a path around your obsy (sorry folks for looking at things that aren't astro!) Obsy looks fantastic, thanks for your help and support, I'm getting there!!
Thank you Jeremy, its great you are finally imaging. You’ve built a lovely obsy too. Thanks for appreciating the path, its those little touches. Clear skies mate
Hi Bill and thank you for watching and commenting. Its funny you mention the Astrobus as I literally had a night out with it last week and I have a video to follow that I am currently putting together.
Looking great Glenn good to see you're getting some imaging done, I've been on the Helix every chance I get but I really think I'm flogging a dead horse lol. Clear skies mate!!
ok buddy... am officially jealous 😅 I am hopeful that someday I'll have one of those in my B5 house outside the city... in the meantime all my gear is up there and to be honest I miss my toys ... I'll have to get a second mount for my city apartment to have something to play with on clear nights.
Thank you Alex. Yes with something like this you can remote in when away and so never miss a clear night opportunity. A good portable set up with you though is a great idea. Nothing beats the hands on experience. clear skies
Wow, Glenn's astro man cave looks great. More important you have some great new images coming out of it. The Cat's Eye looks like a jewel - not sure I had ever seen that one in a photo. Take it easy.
Thank you Richard. The cave is such a lovely space and I feel so lucky. The Cat's eye nebula is a new target for me too and is quite striking. Thanks for your support, clear skies.
Beautiful work Glen, that observatory is a real credit to you👍Lovely images as well, hope you're having better luck with the weather than we are up in Scotland.
Hi Pete and thank you for the kind comments. We have actually just had a good long spell of several nights following July which was basically nothing at all. lets hope it continues and I'll try and send some clear skies your way
Stunning obsy- that's a great achievement. Your image processing seems to have taken a big step forward too- some (really nice) unconventional takes on old favourites. Looking forward to hearing about that 😀
Oooh la la! Beautiful observatory!👍Or is it really a 'tiny home' for you? Or a party room? (I noticed your Kef/B&W speakers)😁p.s. Nice tan! I thought having a tan was against the law in the U.K.! 😉😁p.p.s. Amazing images! Obviously great data collected & impressive processing skills! 👍
Thank you Derek and lol re the tan. Unlike a lot of Brits I have good skin for tanning. Been working outside quite a bit on an extension and landscaping as well as adding the path so caught quite a bit of sun. Its a shame I cannot share my normal experience of imaging the night sky while chilling to some great tunes on my deck, B&W speakers. RU-vid would remove the video due to copyright laws. Shame.
Well thank you very much, thats a very nice compliment. I have always been a keen DIYer but not a builder. Think that's why it took me almost 6 months lol. Thanks for watching and commenting
Jealous mate, truly drooling on yor setup lol. Welcome back. I'm currently wraping up a mosaic of the Triffid and Lagoon nebs. I didn't know about the bubble in that area. I can't find it in Stellarium tho....Any chance you could show it's desiginatation numbrer or RA / Dec? Thanks from Darwin Australia...
Thank you Chris. I do love my set up. I may have steered you badly with that image as its the Northern Lagoon. I forgot about your one sown there, its far nicer an image the one you have. I love the look of that Triffid as well
Lovely set up that man! How did you calculate the scope room to take two mounts? I'm placing scopes, on two tripods, horizontally to measure the extreme distances of each, though being more orientated to solar and solar system imaging I'm guessing I can get away with a slightly smaller room than if I would be skewing in different directions simultaneously. I hope!
Thank you for watching and commenting. I made the room bigger than I needed but worked out the radius my largest set up needed to get an idea. It's surprising how small a space you can work in but I would recommend to go as large as you can, space around your rigs just makes life easier.
@Astrobloke Indeed, I agree. However I have now discovered my vision of an obsy is greater than my available area. Unless I spend a large amount convincing local council to allow a wee shed in one of my fields! Looks like I will be squeezed in with two mounts, and no attached 'warm/control' room. Extra mount or control room.....mm! Cheers Sir!
Thank you very much. It has turned out really well and I am extremely happy with it. My wife was responsible for the name plate and name. This would not have been possible without her help and support.
I want to do a roll off so bad but I have not seen anywhere how to make it weather tite. It looks like all your roof does it have an overlap but where I live that would have me waking up after a winter storm and finding 3 feet of fine snow inside the building!
Weather is your main consideration when building one and living in the South East of the UK meant I was able to keep the design simple and the main element here is rain. Its been years since we have had any snow that would be a concern. I have some deep brush bars I will be adding inside to increase the over hang depth. If I had your kind of climate I would firstly go with a pitched roof design and add rubber seals to give higher protection.
Hi Glenn, Wow, it looks like you are competing with the Heavenly Backyard Garden! NICE. The Astrobloke Village is looking very well. Love the landscaping. Those images are fantastic. How were you able to capture the Lagoon Nebula at your northern location? It must be extremely low in the southern sky. The Cat's Eye Nebula looks like a shiny gem in the sky. Did I see Simon helping you build that stepping stone entrance to the observatory?
Hi Pat. The garden is my lovely wifes creation, she works very hard at it and its looking amazing. I just get roped in for the heavy bits like digging and hedge cutting etc. I think its the Northern Lagoon which is close to the Bubble. I forgot there was a southern one oops, The other worker who helped me get it started was my Father-in-law, he has helped me a lot and I am very grateful to him.
only just come across this, all i can say is wow. Only query i have is it doesnt seem "critter proof" with plenty of access and gaps for furry intruders. Have you made any additions to counter this?
Thank you. Critters are not really an issue here and anything getting in would be captured on camera, So after almost a year of completion nothing but my scopes and I are filling the space.
how do you remote controll this? via a own vpn server? and especially how do you control the camera? or do you use a home vpn and then remote desktop in a laptop that controls all taht stuff
Hi. All my rigs run on NINA and I remote into them on a secure private network via Google Remote desktop. I can even access and control it all from my iphone. All I need is a mobile signal or internet connection.
