Observation by Peter Anderson: Observatory house roof 1981

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Peter Anderson

Observer

Peter Anderson

Observed

1981 May 02 - 06:59

Uploaded

2021 May 02 - 07:12

Objects

Observatory

Equipment

Standard camera

Location

Brisbane Australia

Target name

Observatory

Title

Observatory house roof 1981

About this image

My observatory and its instruments became operational in January 1980, but it took around a year for finalisation of the painting and fitout. This photo, taken from the house roof shows the completed appearance in 1981. Apart from a ventilator on the roof and paving the entry area, the roof was painted in 2017 with a heat reflective membrane. The interior had been getting uncomfortably warm during the daytime as the sheetmetal roof aged and reflected less of the sunlight. A photograph of the 2017 view of the observatory from the north-east has previously been posted to this site, but I did not have a recent one from the south. I corrected that today and the next image shows the observatory from the south-west.

Files associated with this observation

Taylor Range Obs mid1981adj ppt.JPG (133.6 kB)

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