The Elton Moonshine Observatory is located in Elton Pennsylvania (Population: 243) and was constructed in May 1999. It was prefabricated by Boyd Observatories of Michigan (no longer in business) and assembled by a small local construction company (a couple of guys) on a 4" cement pad. Because of local geological conditions a central pier could not be sunk so the telescope sits on a standard Losmandy field tripod with Celestron vibration damper pads under each leg. This Plan-B arrangement has proved to be quite satisfactory. The observatory is 7-1/2 feet high and 7-1/2 feet in diameter with a manually rotated dome. By no means spacious ... a 5 inch f/9 refractor with a video camera on one end and a dew cap on the other is the absolute limit ... it does accommodate an arthritic 200+ pounder very nicely.
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