The Dogpatch II Observatory Update page

The Dogpatch II Observatory Update page

Images taken December 23, 2002

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$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image003.jpg$ Looking at DP II North	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image004.jpg$ Looking at DP II East	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image005.jpg$ Rail view
$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image006.jpg$ Front view looking WNW	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image007.jpg$ Lot to Northeast	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image008.jpg$ Lot to East
$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image009.jpg$ Bottom of my lot	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image010.jpg$ Looking South	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image011.jpg$ Looking Southwest
$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image012.jpg$ Nexstar11 GPS	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image013.jpg$ Business end	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image014.jpg$ Celestron Wedge
$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image015.jpg$ Power roof removal	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image016.jpg$ Base details	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image017.jpg$ Cable pipe
$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image018.jpg$ Hand winch	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image019.jpg$ Under roof	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image020.jpg$ Chart box
$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image021.jpg$ Book case	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image022.jpg$ Coolant/power supply	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image023.jpg$ Blackout curtains
$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image024.jpg$ Keyboard light	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image025.jpg$ Computer warmer	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image026.jpg$ Computer central
$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image027.jpg$ Thermostat	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image028.jpg$ Power panel	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image029.jpg$ Mouse control
$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image030.jpg$ Floor lighting	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image031.jpg$ Pier	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image032.jpg$ Wedge mods
$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image033.jpg$ Robofocus	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image034.jpg$ ST-8XE	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image035.jpg$ Scope looking South
$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image036.jpg$ Front door open	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image037.jpg$ East with roof back	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image038.jpg$ Interior space
$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image039.jpg$ West with roof back	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image040.jpg$ South with roof back	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image041.jpg$ Roof support
$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image042.jpg$ DP II interior	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image043.jpg$ Wedge setup + custom cable	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image044.jpg$ Auxillary power
$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image045.jpg$ Solar mask	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image046.jpg$ Custom small weights	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\dpII_update_files\image048.gif$ Custom camera weight

After completion and usage for several years the ST-80 got replaced with a Takahashi FS-78 for wide field imaging

and the Celestron Wedge got replaced with an APT wedge since the Celestron wedge racked slightly.

**LATEST INCARNATION**

Images below taken June 10, 2016

$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\DPII Now\tn_100_5350.JPG$ Roof on	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\DPII Now\tn_100_5351.JPG$ Old Pier	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\DPII Now\tn_100_5352.JPG$ HDX-110 as stored
$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\DPII Now\tn_100_5353.JPG$ Scope cover storage box	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\DPII Now\tn_100_5354.JPG$ The Business end	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\DPII Now\tn_100_5355.JPG$ Computer Central
$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\DPII Now\tn_100_5356.JPG$ Power Winch-Roof on	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\DPII Now\tn_100_5357.JPG$ Camera end w/focusers	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\DPII Now\tn_100_5358.JPG$ Roof Off Park Position
$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\DPII Now\tn_100_5359.JPG$ Roof Off Position	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\DPII Now\tn_100_5360.JPG$ Home Park Position	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\DPII Now\tn_100_5361.JPG$ Roof Rolled Back in Shed
$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\DPII Now\tn_100_5362.JPG$ 8" f/8 home made Dob	$Description: C:\Downloads\lenny-shaffer.com web pages\DPII Now\tn_100_5363.JPG$ 6" Mak/Cass-AS/GT Mount

There are TWO power winches used to move the roof. One (pictured) is an old one off my boat trailer. The other

is one purchased from Harbor Freight for $59.00. That one pulls the roof off and the old one pulls it back. They

seem loud but away from the observatory the sound doesn't really carry. No one has complained in 15 years.

My other pages:

Astronomy and CCD’s

Saltwater Boating and Fishing

Telescopes and Stuff