This is likely the route I’m 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.
I’ve scoped out where in the yard, and plan to pour a pier. I don’t want to go the TeleGizmos route because it isn’t “permanent” 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 it…
The thought of installing/removing cameras and cabling and such like in the cold with my new arthritis-afflicted fingers doesn’t appeal. My gear did just fine in that unheated “shed” permanently setup for 11 years after all. And it’s still the same gear. TeleGizmos is for “short/mid-term” from my, and friends, experience.
