Roll Off Roof Observatory Tour with Lee Coombs

CCAS member Lee Coombs shares a tour of his roll-off roof observatory and equipment.

Special thanks to CCAS member Linnea Fritch for recording this video!

[bailesie]

Wonderful setup! I would count myself quite fortunate to have a similar setup in the future! Clear Skies, my friend ❤️

[fernandoapausa]

Congrats! Beautiful observatory. Clear skies from Spain

[robgatehouse]

She's a beaut' Lee. A real original solid construct that has it all built in, including the vital view to the south - excellent. What a great club you guys must have down there. I hope you all survived this rotten summer and let's all keep on smiling and hoping it gets better. Clear Skies!!

[davidaylsworth]

It’s always nice to see how other astronomers setup their observatories. Cheers!

[jamescarlisle]

I enjoyed Lee's astrophotography and observatory for all this time.

[marietheunissen]

Watching from 🇿🇦🇿🇦💌💌South Africa love it it is raining outside cant watch the stars .Thank you guys

[miguelmorales]

Without a doubt, that is a very nice observatory in deed.

[jesuspineiro]

Lovely observatory Lee. I love the old refractor setup with the electronic clock control for AC synchronous motors. I have an old Motrotrak V that was used in my homemade mount with a 7.5" Byers RA drive. Today the control has been upgraded by a Synta Skywatcher EQ6 mainboard with stepper motors for GOTO functions. Some timing belts and pulleys were incorporated for this adaptation. Hugs !!!

[JK-pbsw]

Nice virtual tour on your obsy, thank you.

[astrogeo]

Great observatory ! I have dreamt about getting my own since the beginng of the 90s. It is a bit costly. I live in a dwelling area with quite a bit of light pollution. I have a 60 mm refractor, also a Meade 70 mm Goto ETX which unfortunately is broken. I have a 6", 8" Dobsonian both Newtonian and then a 12" Newtonian made by myself also the mount installed with a Dob Driver II. I have also an old CCD autoguider, but just tested once.
I see the great need to have an observatory to do photography and possibly CCD imaging because of the great hassle to get all equipment out, set up, alignment, troubleshooting etc, then take it all down again in the middle of the night pheww... Help observatory needed !
I have done some videography on the planets, some good results on Mars. But because of the hassle, difficulty with much snow outside in the winters, I haven't done it for over 15 years !

[johnnycanosoda]

Such a beautiful spot to escape to and Stargaze.