A.S.I.G.N. Observatory

[A.S.I.G.N_Baz]

Hello everyone!

After a bit of chatting on the phone and a few e-mails bantered around, Shevill has convinced me that this website is worth a look.

So, greetings all from sunny Canberra where ANZAC day is the unofficial first day of winter! Brrrrrr its gonna be cold at the service....

I hope to get to know you all and hopefully we can show, tell and learn lots together!

Cheers from Baz!:thumbsupmate:

P.S. I like your smiley's here:thumbsupmate: :cool!:

[phoenix]

Hey Baz

Welcome to the site.

Nice looking observatory you got there. :thumbsupmate:



Cheers Jason :pipethinker:

[beren]

Gday Baz, welcome, impressive OB mate....with the cold weather returning your Observatory looks a lot warmer then my driveway :Chessy_Smile:

[Strife18]

Im requesting information on Super-Massive Black Holes, and the black hole in the milkyway galaxy. plz email me at Cloud181988@gmail.com

any information will be helpfull.

thanks.

[Radar]

That is a great looking observatory Baz. What kind of scope mount do you have in there?

Sure is getting cold at night time though, I can only imagine how cold the dawn service is going to be in Canberra.

Cheers

Radar


Im requesting information on Super-Massive Black Holes, and the black hole in the milkyway galaxy. plz email me at Cloud181988@gmail.com

any information will be helpfull.

thanks.

Quite a broad subject Strife. Can you be more specific on what you need to know?

[A.S.I.G.N_Baz]

Wow! My first post hi-jacked already!!:lmao:

[hpcoolahan]

Welcome to the site Baz , And that is one great looking observatory, i love the geodesic domes.
Thought about doing mine that way but i like working with timber and frames (used to build boats too) so went the conventional construction.

The highjack does happen occasionally, but the people on the site are all good gentlefolk..(everybody gets excited sometimes).

clear skies
Patrick

[wakaleo]

Welcome to the site Baz.

Agree with previous posts re the obs. Looks very nice. Did you make it yourself? What materials were used in the geodesic dome (looks like a flexible skin of some sort!)? What sort of cost (if I may be so rude in asking!)?

[Draig]

Hi Baz,

Welcome to the site. I'll join every one else and say nice little home you have there. :Chessy_Smile:

What does A.S.I.G.N. stand for?

Cheers Colin

[Strife18]

yeah, i was watching the science channel over my spring break, and i was watching this program about black holes, and SMB's (super massive black holes)....sry you know what that means..lol. but anyways, somebody on the program said that we have a smb in our galaxy, and that every galaxy has one in it. i was wanting too know, if this is true, and why are there black holes in every galaxy. any additional information is good too. thanks a bunch,
Strife18.

[AstroTasmania]

Hi Baz,

Don't worry about that, it takes while for newcomers to find their way around and start new threads in the appropriate section.

Radar is good at helping folks to the right places as he reads all the posts.

What effects, if any, does traffic have moving past the dome? Do you get heavy vehicle traffic?

I know that I would slow down and stop and invite myself in if I saw a dome when out driving.

Clear skies...

[Radar]

I must admit, if I was driving down the street and came across an observatory in someone's front garden, I would have no problem pulling over and knocking on their door and introducing myself as the local town council safety officer, and explaining to them how these things could be dangerous and I will need a few hundred hours of private dome time to determine whether the observatory is legal or not. :Chessy_Smile:


yeah, i was watching the science channel over my spring break, and i was watching this program about black holes, and SMB's (super massive black holes)....sry you know what that means..lol. but anyways, somebody on the program said that we have a smb in our galaxy, and that every galaxy has one in it. i was wanting too know, if this is true, and why are there black holes in every galaxy. any additional information is good too. thanks a bunch,
Strife18.

Strife, this is a great subject mate and I have started a thread for it.

http://www.myastrospace.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4191#post4191

[A.S.I.G.N_Baz]

Well i did have one person ask me out of the blue is I had council approval for it. It came across as a bit rude and arrogant. All I wanted to say to him is, " If it really bothers you, Why don't you go and find out?"

I was a little shocked at the question, but I just said "Yes."

Colin, A.S.I.G.N. Stands for astronomy study in God's name, and if you have a look at the site, you will see my inspiration on the first page. My site has a little bit of a Christian spin on the first page, but essentially it is a DIY resource. I understand these forums are not the place for religious discussion and I respect those rules.

Wakaleo, the dome is made of a 6mm plywood shell, coated on the inside with insulation and felt/fabric. On the outside it is fiberglassed with chopped strand mat and resin, then a colored flow coat. Full construction details are available on the site.

Strife, my theory on black holes is that they play an essential part in anchoring all galaxies and may have something to do with the mechanism that makes everything work. I'm sure its more complicated than that, but it seems very simple to me.

Thanks for the warm welcome chaps!

Baz.

[Radar]

Well i did have one person ask me out of the blue is I had council approval for it. It came across as a bit rude and arrogant. All I wanted to say to him is, " If it really bothers you, Why don't you go and find out?"


Yeah, funny how some people need to ask these questions, as if your dome is somehow affecting them adversely. Instead of asking the big questions (What can you see? Are the views amazing?), they focus on the inanimate. Their loss of vision is their loss of enrichment.

[A.S.I.G.N_Baz]

Yeah, funny how some people need to ask these questions, as if your dome is somehow affecting them adversely. Instead of asking the big questions (What can you see? Are the views amazing?), they focus on the inanimate. Their loss of vision is their loss of enrichment.

Thats a nice little quote on the end there Radar.:cool!:

Baz.

[Radar]

Thats a nice little quote on the end there Radar.:cool!:

Baz.

Cheers Baz.

In this day and age, so many people are simply focused on such inanimate subjects. I was at a function recently and was asked about astrophotography, I was explaining the process and one of the guys there told me that I needed to get a life. This guy is a truck driver (nothing against truck drivers by the way) and spends his evenings watching cop shows on commercial television. When I hear people like this, talk like this, I can go either way with them; either just mentally shake my head in amazment at their small minds, or put the effort in and open their simple minds with some amazing subject matter (it's not usually the latter because of the effort required with these neanderthals).

Personally I get enjoyment out of a cloud formation or a sunset, so many people don't even flinch at this kind of stuff.

Most of my mates think I'm crazy. When we're in a car driving around , I'll say

"checkout that cloud"

After I have been staring at the cloud for a few seconds, I'll turn to my mate to see why he hasn't answered, instead of staring at the cloud, he is usually staring at me. :duh: