Building a roll-off observatory – here’s the photo-story

Some excavation first

A pier’s future home

Deep-sky needs deep holes first

Still a tube

That one from outer space?

No, just a simple pier adapter

Get it over there

Some more digging

Cabling, decoupling, and damping

Waiting for the concrete

Still waiting

The right toy for big boys

I said BIG (a 197 feet toy)

Seven tons waiting again

Small companions

Ready for fine-tuning

Orange?

No, that’s better (I think it happened 2001 …)

Let’s call it the monolith

The puzzle begins

No rain please

The roof has to go somewhere

Roofing ceremony

This colors my life

Yes, dark skies even inside

Still messy in there

Definitely have to clean-up before first-light