Twelve Parsecs | 2Mass All Sky Survey , Astronomy , Radio Astronomy , Astrophotography and Exoplanetary Research http://twelveparsecs.com Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:28:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Labor Day Update http://twelveparsecs.com/blog/2010/09/06/labor-day-update/ http://twelveparsecs.com/blog/2010/09/06/labor-day-update/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:28:47 +0000 avi http://twelveparsecs.com/?p=154 Took advantage of the three day weekend and got a TON of my “fit and finish” work done.

Got the top coat of stucco applied, along with some exterior painting on walls and trim.
Started painting the ROR supports.

Cleaned up some construction debris and got started on the herb garden.

Next update will probably be the second to last “construction” update.

exterior

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lights!

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observing deck
Still need to put up the lattice work and a few more cross braces. But… I can walk on it now!

Started setting up the tracking mount. May very well start imaging this weekend, if the weather cooperates.
tracking mount

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Also, worked on the interior some.

interior
interior
interior

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reflective foil insulation

Only have about 3/4 of the ceiling covered and no vent fan yet, however the results speak for themselves.
do the math

Outside Temp is 108. Ceiling Temp (3 inches below top of ceiling) is 111
Temp at eye level is 105. Temp above the reflective foil – ALMOST 124 F !!!
Time was 1700 hrs MST. Not even the hottest part of the day.

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Venus and friends

]]> http://twelveparsecs.com/blog/2010/08/02/doot-doot-doot-lookin-out-my-back-door/feed/ 0 WOW It’s HOT out… http://twelveparsecs.com/blog/2010/07/25/wow-its-hot-out/ http://twelveparsecs.com/blog/2010/07/25/wow-its-hot-out/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:34:13 +0000 avi http://twelveparsecs.com/?p=117 Especially when roofing. Sure enough, about half an hour after finishing,
the clouds rolled in and the temp dropped about 12F.

roof
roof

There’s more fit and finish to be done on the roof, but it’s all pretty minor work.

After the roof is all sealed up, moving on to interior finishing.

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cabinet frame.
cabinet frame.

I still need to put on the trim around the openings, and the wife has insisted on building the doors once I buy her a router.

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July update

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I have a ton more processing to do with the raw image data I collected.

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