Skyscraper Observatory First Light

"It's full of stars"

Breaking News: Wednesday August 8, 2018 (8-8-18)
Eight is a lucky number for the Chinese, and 8-8-18 is a most special date of good luck. It's also the golden date of First Light for the Xtelescope at Skyscraper Observatory.

The story of the Xtelescope began in April when work began on the components, primarily the heavy duty gunner's tripod needed reworking. After, the mount needed machining. Upon completion of machining, the next challenge was taking a day to hoist the massive OTA Optical Tube Assembly up overhead on top of the mount.

Next, the telescope was prepped for visual work, and the astro imaging adapters were removed and replaced with a star diagonal and 2-inch eyepiece. Then the challenge was focus, as the two clutches to the primary mirror were released. Still no focus until the two mirror locking set screws were put in free float.

A number of successful test targets became bright and razor sharp on a mountain miles away. Manually moving the scope, and re-balancing, brought other targets into view. The amazing views were tac sharp over the entire FOV, and bright showing brilliant color.

Racking in and out for an intra and extra focal plane image showed perfect optical alignment considering all the moving the telescope endured. The telescope was balanced in right ascension and declination. Massive counterweights were locked down. By this time, the sun was setting and Mars was climbing.

Without a finder telescope yet installed, the tube was skyward bound and hundreds of cosmac pinpoint stars studded the field. As Mars had risen, the telescope was rough aimed towards the Red Planet, only a week past opposition and with flared brightness it zoomed into view for a massive view. The globe was tack sharp as dust storms raged across the surface. The southern polar cap was annihilated by the storms and surface features were visually challenged as massive storms were strewn about the globe. First Light was spectacular!

Spectacular Xtelescope

Skyscraper Observatory Update
Work continues on the spectacular and powerful Xtelescope designed for Skyscraper Observatory along with special Amping techniques that will amplify the diameter up to 100 times.

The telescope has run into numerous unending development challenges, the most recent solved was a rebuild, to metal machine the mounting. The first snafu was a skewed tripod in April that needed rebuilding and took about two months to complete. The mount machining took place over a one week period in the latter part of July when tools were purchased and a machine shop was quickly set up at the new location. Massive heat was another challenge approached in July. If left unchecked, the optics glue and other components could melt. Unexpected telescope OTA mass was prohibitive in assembly, plus a run-out of Skyway space necessitated new programming orientation during August.

Additional workings involve shielding from heat which required the design and construction of a telescope heat shield. That took about a week to manufacture and was completed and put into operations about 2 weeks ago near the end of July, however it will continue to have improvements and tweaking.

The system is awaiting the assembly of the most massive and heavy OTA optical tube assembly. It is unknown how this will be hoisted.

The heat shield is still in the works for the telescope, for withstanding the typical daytime temperatures around 122 deg. F in the Pacific Ocean.

Then, due to the oversized telescope, space began to quickly run out on the skyway. This will require specialized programming and compensation during use.

The observatory is now waiting for the massive and heavy OTA to hoist up high on the mounting and install the anti-vibration devices, execute leveling and calibrations, attach the additional scopes, access the operation of the star sensing AI, and develop operations for limited space function.

The first five software packages are now installed (in July) and equipment is standing by at Mission Control.

Mars is around opposition and closest approach, although besieged by a global dust storm obliterating surface features by dust for over a month. Contrast of features is extremely low and the storm is slowly settling down somewhat as some surface features are beginning to return in the dust.

Skyscraper Observatory Under Construction

New skyscrapers closer to the sky

SKYSCRAPER OBSERVATORY
with 46-Meter Xtelescope

Breaking News! Saturday July 14, 2018
All throughout the months of May, June and July, Humanoido has led the final construction of a vast new observatory. The code name for construction is Skyscraper Observatory named after the immense new high-rise building that towers up deep into the night sky.

Skyscraper Observatory
This new elevated boutique constructed skyscraper observatory structure has unusual quad wide dimensions for super stability and is located on an isolated island in the South Pacific Ocean where telescope seeing conditions are of the best in the world. Skyscraper observatory is a vast operation and is the second extremely large lifetime observatory project conducted by Humanoido.

Telescope Observatory Array
Mission control is adjacent to the outdoor telescope which is visible through an entire wall of transparent glass (with view of the telescope, majestic landscape and sky). The telescope anchors onto a suspended sky platform composed of cement, granite and wrought iron. It's sturdy structure is designed to take baking sun, rain, earthquakes and tropical storms with typhoon force winds. The telescope observatory includes a protective sub ceiling and sub lateral walls designed to withstand strong storms. The area includes running water and a three sided sub room shelter. The protective sub ceiling can shield against incoming cosmic rays.

Mission Control
The facility includes a mission control center to command the large goto digital wireless telescope, which is robotically controlled with plate solving AI and five computers. This control center includes an astronomical library, computer center, and node room for storage of telescopes and astronomical devices. Mission control is the first South Pacific Amping Telescope Center where the 46-meter Xtelescope is created and commanded. Mission Control is also the office central and corporate office for Space1 Industries in the development of safety rocket space tourism.

Main Room
Another clear glass wall from Mission Control leads to the main room, for meetings, dining, and monitoring news and weather. The main room has a wall for storage of electronics and robotics parts and is adjacent to the galley.

The Lab
This room is a laboratory for conducting work with telescopes, electronics, rockets, humanoid robots, machine life forms, and tracer drones. It also includes multiple lab benches, test equipment, library, humanoid robot showcase, and houses an inventory of rocket parts, humanoid robots, electronic parts, the Big Brain AI machine life form supercomputer, and other scientific items. Other machine life forms employed by Space1 may also work for the observatory.

Telescope Sub Portal Island
An island for the telescope is the small sub portal room. Inside are the telescope's OTA tube, 3 counterweights, mariner's chain, power supply, cables, finder scope and boxes of some big accessories. Things that don't fit are the mount, tripod and tray support, but these set next to the portal door on the floor outside, for now. The sub portal resides inside the mission control room under the steps leading to the loft. It has a floor platform and two sunken in shelves to the East.

Lofts
The observatory has three elevated high level lofts. Mission control has a monitoring loft with a wide window view of the telescope's array and the night sky. The lab has a lab loft for storage and the third loft is above the bedroom.

Inclusions
The observatory can execute highly regulated temperatures with its included four air conditioners and multiple sliding glass walls. It has three lofts, two baths, two decks, and a large elevator which rides directly to the roof for transport of telescopes and equipment for additional astronomical viewing. Here, a telescope setup shows the non-obstructed entire night sky at maximum altitude. Extra wide hall ways are for transporting wide equipment and the building employs full detail multiple security checkpoints and full time armed security guards.