Digging is a slow business…but progress is being made
Friday, August 21st, 2009
Here sits the sono-tube that will eventually serve as the form for the concrete that will support the telescope pier.
This piece of “cardboard” tubing is three feet in diameter, and will be sunk in the hole and then filled with re-bar and concrete. That’s one hefty support!
It’s required if you want to make astro-images that have no jiggles, streaks, or blobs in them.
Currently the hole is about a foot deep….. just three more to go.
The direction we are looking in this photo is toward the southeast. Scorpius clears this part of the sky all the way down to the area below the “False Comet”. We can also see Omega Centauri from this spot for about 20 minutes when it is up. It’s a wonderful view!