Father's Day weekend in the Seattle region brought a good amount of sunshine (YAY, FINALLY!!) and I took advantage of the weather to paint the observatory. I made very good progress but there still is work left to do - you can see the top panels are still bare and should be red, along with some of the trim. The observatory was painted to match the outbuilding and the house.

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Today I was able to complete most of the remodels to the observatory - the new roof rails are in place and the roof was fully retracted today (despite the rain); external outlets were installed; the building was trimmed in cedar (which is now WAY expensive ... ); and it was wired into the house security system. The only things left are rebuilding the door with a stronger, solid door and painting the exterior. Woohoo!

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After having the property logged, enough sky was opened up that the observatory had to be redesigned to allow the roof to retract further. Where only the southern ecliptic was visible before, the zenith and even Polaris might likely be in view now, provided the roof fully retract. Work is underway to extend the rails to make that possible.

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