A Deep-Sky Observatory

Abstract

I have been an amateur astronomer for almost forty years, yet today I find the universe as mysterious and intriguing as I did during my childhood. I took my first astrophotographs at age twelve, in an attempt to prove to my school chums that I really could resolve the rings around Saturn, even though my instrument was a tiny refractor and my vantage point the roof of a parish church! Since that time, I have constructed a number of observatories in locations all across Canada. Whenever I found myself “between properties” or fleeing light pollution, I ventured forth with mobile telescopes. What follows is a description of the “observatory with living quarters attached”, which I have been enjoying for the past four years.