A Telescope Pier
I'm in the process of building a few little (relatively little) things outdoors as the weather and my health allows... which means, over the course of only a few hours a week... but at least things are progressing. I am making some headway so that is good. One of the things I'm building is a small fenced area in our yard where I can do some astronomy. Last summer we had too many bears freely roaming around our neighborhood for me to feel safe out there alone in the pitch darkness. This year, I'm enclosing myself inside a small fenced area that includes a shed. Rather than constantly lugging a tripod from indoors to the outdoors and then lugging it back indoors again, I decided to build a pier within this fenced area. I will be able to mount any of my telescope mounts on this pier, electronic or manual, without the use of a heavy-duty tripod. Having a permanent pier outdoors will give my spinal injuries a little bit of a break. The pier, itself, is q