Prepare for a belly ache...
For going on 6 years now, I've used a cover that came with a Bar-B-Que, And a 32 gallon dome. What the hell is a 32 gallon dome?
OK, you buy a cheap plastic 32 gallon trash bin, and you invert it over the top of of your Bar-B-Que covered mount. 6 years ago, my 32 gallon dome cost me $9.95 USD. The unused BBQ cover was free.
I always brought in my telescope/imaging rig.
I currently use my 32 gallon dome, and BBQ cover, over my HD tripod. But since I was able to configure my new Losmandy into chunks to make it easy to move out and back in, I leave my HD tripod set and aligned North so my equipment lands nearly Polar Aligned night after night. But I put the BBQ cover over it, then wrap a painters tarp around to shade the legs and elevation knobs from the sun. I have my tripod setting on my 12x6x1 inch redwood elevator planks that keep the bottoms off the concrete and brick in my observation area.
I have considered upgrading to a 44 gallon dome. But my 6 year old dome is doing fine as it is. So I'd like to get my money's worth out of the investment.
Exit stage right...
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SonnyE
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