THE OBSERVATORIES
Heaven's Glory Observatory I
Central Massachusetts @ 900' elevation
(completed 1996)
Construction
3 - Dome Assembly
Construction
4 - Nasty Fiberglass Work
Construction
6 - Finished Look
HGO 1 - After 20 years in operation
Heaven's Glory Observatory II
New Mexico @ 7300' elevation
(Operational- Jan.2006)
(Remote controllable - Feb. 2007)
Finished Observatory Building Phase 1
Construction
1 - Setting the piers-July 2004
Construction
2 - Pouring the pier- August 2004
Construction
3 - Building the decking Oct 2004
Construction
4 - Up go the walls Oct 2004
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5 - Up goes the roof-Oct 2004
Construction
6 - The crowing jewel - Ash Dome- Oct 2004
Construction
7 - The closed in shell - insides to follow-Oct 2004
Construction
8 - The "Cornerstone" - October 2004
Construction
9 - Building update 3 March 2005
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10 - Building update March 2005
Construction
11 - Installing the solar panel battery charger August 2005
Construction
12 - Installing Dome Limit Switches Sept 2005
Construction
13 - Insulating the interior scope pier October 2005
Construction
14 - Insulating the exterior piers October 2005
Construction
15 - The finished interior pier - October 2005
Construction
16 - The finished control/warm room - October 2005
Construction
17 - The scope starts to come together 01- October 2005
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18 - The scope starts to come together 02- October 2005
Construction
19 - The new PIR and OAG system is added to scope - October 2005
Construction
20 - The new automated scope shutter and diffuser is added - shown open-
October 2005
Construction
21 - The new automated scope shutter and diffuser is added - shown closed-
October 2005
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22 - A beautiful Rainbow!!-
October 2005
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23 - A walk with my sweetie Linda and our neighbourhood dog "Sweetie"-
October 2005
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24 - The scope and imaging systems almost ready December 2005
Construction
25 - The finished scope including all cable routing!! January 2006
Construction
26 - The finished observatory building January 2006
Construction
27 - The finished Control Room and "Live in" quarters- January
2006
Construction
28 - The Computers & operating software- January 2006
Construction
29 - The air cooling plenum (to cool dome interior without opening dome) March
2007
Construction
30 - The fan cooling mods to the RCOS 20 to sweep air past primary surface ( I
sweat cutting these holes in the beautiful carbon tube- the mods look very
clean) - March 2007
Construction
31 - The Outdoor Security Cam & Cloud Sensor ( now on separate mounts and
locations to avoid takeout in lightning strike) - May 2007