This is likely the route Iām going. I still have my steel pier (nicely painted/finished, with in-built electrical outlets, etc) that I removed from my last observatory (a Backyard Observatories-built 10x12 roll off with a 4x10 warm room and 8x10 scope area. I had my AP130 and C11 side-by-side mounted. The AP and motorized focuser/field flattener/camera all mounted up is LONG, the C11 significantly shorter.
Iāve scoped out where in the yard, and plan to pour a pier. I donāt want to go the TeleGizmos route because it isnāt āpermanentā enough. So likely will build some kinda miniature roll-off shed-type structure. Other projects come first: finishing the wine cellar build in the basement, moving my power conditioning and power amp to the basement, re-configuring the stereo so front end componentry is at listening end, 2 more rooms in the house to paint. THEN I can get to itā¦
The thought of installing/removing cameras and cabling and such like in the cold with my new arthritis-afflicted fingers doesnāt appeal. My gear did just fine in that unheated āshedā permanently setup for 11 years after all. And itās still the same gear. TeleGizmos is for āshort/mid-termā from my, and friends, experience.