I Want a Sky Shed!
So I’m reading my emails from SkyTonight that are sent to me every Friday and I see an article on this REALLY COOL backyard observatory.
For about $1,550 plus shipping, I can get this enclosure that will not only protect my equipment and let me leave it set up all the time, but it’ll really make the neighbors nervous and piss off my homeowner’s association (FYI, I hate those, there’s always one homeowner that becomes the neighbor covenant nazi - they are also usually the one with the most obnoxious porch light too).
Constructed of double-walled high-density polyethylene, the 7½-foot-wide POD is lightweight yet durable. It features a fully rotating dome that exposes the enclosed observer to 50% of the sky, including the zenith. The SkyShed POD is expandable with optional bays ($279) and requires minimal assembly. It’s available in a variety of colors, including glow-in-the-dark “neutron blue” or “ion green” at additional cost.
One thing though. Why the f&*k would you want a glow-in-the-dark one? Jeebus, it’ll be glowing right in your face! The whole idea of one of these is to be shielded from ambient light. Why would I PAY EXTRA for a feature that completely defeats the purpose of owning one in the first place!
Maybe there are some amateur astronomers who aren’t going to use them to house their equipment. Maybe they’re gonna start some kind of really tiny nightclub in their backyard, or a set up a sort of astro porn booth. I don’t even wanna think about what would go on in there…
I mean, what’s all this about?
Photo Credit: SkyShed
This just doesn’t look right. I like to have a good time as much as the next guy, but really…
As for me, I guess I’ll have to hold on to my $1,550 plus shipping since I can’t even use my backyard anyway. I have too many streetlights blazing in my face, I have to travel dozens of miles to get to a reasonably dark sky.
Still, maybe I could charge people to go into my glow-in-the-dark astro porn booth…
Maybe there’s market for party places for amateur astronomers, those guys do look like they’re having fun…
(jeez I’m disturbed, sometimes I scare myself)
Photo Credit: SkyShed
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3 opinions for I Want a Sky Shed!
Shannon
Apr 30, 2007 at 6:08 pm
Astro porn booth….I love it. What’s the cover charge to get into something like that? Any bands booked? Yeah, those guys in that picture look juat a bit too excited to be there.
Frederica
Apr 30, 2007 at 7:41 pm
*gasps in awe* It’s the Port-o-potty from Space !
Unless it’s a alien hot tub… ?
Ah, I’m confused.
*scratches head*
julie
May 1, 2007 at 6:51 pm
i thought that trend died out in the 1950’s, except that was telephone booths.
http://www.stmarys-ca.edu/prospective/undergraduate_admissions/about_smc/images/smcavi46w.jpg
hummmm, is that what most astronomers really look like, tony? You must be the only sexy one in existence. I was gonna make some kinda orgy joke about how hot it would be being in a dome with all those astronomers, but then i look at it and i’m like uhhhhhh no.
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