Hicks, John
Building a Roll-Off Roof Observatory
Table of contents
2. The Benefits of a Permanent Observatory
John Hicks
3. Observatory Design Considerations
John Hicks
4. Options for Foundation Types and Laying out the Observatory “Footprint”
John Hicks
5. Fabricating the Telescope Pier
John Hicks
6. Preparing the Footings and the Observatory Floor
John Hicks
7. Framing the Walls
John Hicks
8. Framing the Gantry Section
John Hicks
9. Fabricating the Track and Base Plate
John Hicks
10. Framing the Roof
John Hicks
11. Application of Steel Roofing
John Hicks
12. Exterior and Interior Siding
John Hicks
13. Final Luxuries
John Hicks
Keywords: Physics, Engineering Design, Architecture, general, Popular Science in Astronomy, Astronomy
- Author(s)
- Hicks, John
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2009
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series
- Page amount
- 12 pages
- Category
- Natural Sciences
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780387766119
