Ptolemy's Cafe
An Amateur Astronomical Observatory
Background
- the site and design trade-offs
Plans and measurements
Construction
- lots of pictures
Equipment
- my telescopes and accessories
Why is it called
Ptolemy's Cafe
?
Lessons learned
, or What I would do differently next time
My chapter
in "
More Small Astronomical Observatories
" edited by Patrick Moore
Ptolemy's Supper Club
Some of my
other astronomy projects
Other
amateur observatories
, many of whose ideas I blatantly stole :-)
Professional observatories
("dream on, baby")
Bill Arnett
last updated: 2010 Oct 19