I have visited so many web-sites and had conversations with numerous other astronomers during the design and construction of my observatory, that it is going to be hard to list them. Here is a short list though of useful links for anyone considering their own project.
http://www.astro-sharp.com/dome_building_1.asp Local friend Ian Sharp’s Observatory in Ham, West Sussex
http://ukastroimaging.co.uk/forums/index.php?board=26.0 Ukastroimaging Projects forum (registration required)
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/1528/msobuild.html A larger observatory with good construction details
http://obs.nineplanets.org/obs/obslist.html A very extensive list of observatories from around the world - hours of browsing!
http://www.bjmale.co.uk/index.html Males - local firm who made the steel pier from my sketch
Lifting Team
Ian Sharp, Tom Sharp, Katie Sharp
Marcella Craven, Richard Craven, Demelza Craven, Christian Craven
Ruth Carhill, Robert Carhill
Leslie McGovern, Peter McGovern
Ali Parrish, Oli Parrish, Josie Parrish, Dominic Parrish
