My Observatory is a 8' square building with a Home-Dome on top. The telescope is a LX-200 Meade 10" F 6.3 The camera is a ST-6 guided by a ST-4. Everything including the shutter and dome RA are electrically controlled from the warm-up trailer (in the picture to the left) 130' away.

Walter MacDonald in front of my observatory, just after the conversion from a roll-off roof to a Dome. Notice the Solar Panel mounted on the wall of the observatory... This keeps a standby car battery up to power.

Walter MacDonald's Observatory 10x10' housing a Celestron 8" Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope. The shed next door houses a 17" Dobsonian. Walter has logged over 800 NGC Deep Sky objects.

Otmar Eigler's Observatory, famous for it's continuous polar alignment. Most of Otmar's equipment is home made, with the exception of a Losmandy mount and Meade 2080 8" scope.

Roll Off Roof Observatory, (Before purchase of Home Dome) ...and the 'Astro-Zit'

Effectionately know as the 'ClappTrapp' My first observatory was portable and would fit into the trunk of the car. It serves me well, eliminating dew and wind problems, when I use an 8" scope 'on-the-go'....

As Snug as a bug in a rug! ...No wind, No dew, and about 10 degrees warmer than outside. Just about as good as it gets, when portable.

Clapp-Trapps and their storage sheds. Porcupines love plywood! Platforms for permanent observatories under construction.