About

Tŷ Du Observatory

Welcome to the Tŷ Du Observatory

Welcome to the Tŷ Du Observatory

Ty Du Observatory main scope before EQ6 mount

My name is Duncan Abraham and I live in Newport, South Wales, UK. I’m a project manager/application developer by trade but enjoy spending evenings looking to the heavens and trying to get the most out of the astronomy equipment I have.

In 2010 I decided to build an Observatory of the roll-off-roof type to house my scope. Weather permitting I now slide the roof off at every opportunity. I control the scope using EQMOD (EQAscom) and Cartes du Ciel which allows me to operate the telescope from the warmth of my living room rather than sitting in a roofless steel shed with ice forming on my nose!

The structure is based on a steel shed and I cast a 12inch (30cm) concrete pier into which threaded rods were set to secure the mount. Here are some photos of the build and how I attached the mount to the pier.

I’ve taken lots of images, some good, some far from good and I was wondering what to do with them all, so this site will be home to my gallery if nothing else.

I belong to a number of Yahoo technical groups:Atik, Autoguiding, Canon, Elbrus, EQ6, EQMOD, K3CCDTools, QCUIAG, Skywatcher, Stark Labs and Video Astro

By the way, Tŷ Du is pronounced Tee Dee, so it sort of rhymes with Observatory :)

There are over 20 pages in this site and 80+ posts containing individual imaging session information.  If you can’t find what you’re looking for try the search option at the top of the page.

Thanks for looking.

For more info about me see Ty Du Solutions Ltd I’m branching out as an IT contractor,