{"id":86,"date":"2008-11-10T10:04:50","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T15:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nsjewelry.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/?p=86"},"modified":"2008-11-10T10:04:50","modified_gmt":"2008-11-10T15:04:50","slug":"observatory-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/nsjewelry\/observatory-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Observatory Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nightskyobservatory.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nightskyobservatory.com\/photos\/11-08-08-3tmb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>This week I have been lending a hand to get the new observatory build before winter sets in. It will house the big telescope and astro imaging equipment. Building this observatory has been Tom&#8217;s dream for many years. The dome will go up next. Tom will be able to control the dome, telescope and cameras, remotely, from within his &#8220;warm room&#8221;. All very high tech and interesting.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nightskyobservatory.com\/progress.htm\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.nightskyobservatory.com\/photos\/9-17-08-17tmb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Building this observatory is much like creating jewelry. You start with an idea, and then refine that idea into a do-able design. You gather the materials, and working with your hands, you turn that idea into reality. Different tools, different materials, but the process is the same.<br \/>\nI love taking something from my imagination to finished product. I enjoy solving the problems that crop up along the way, making adjustments to the design or materials. I find the whole creative process exciting and rewarding. With each new jewelry design, comes a chance to learn something new.<br \/>\nSnow is predicted for today, so I am back to work in my studio. I have enjoyed working outside in the beautiful fall weather and getting to use the power tools. Building with wood has been fun and a nice break from the studio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week I have been lending a hand to get the new observatory build before winter sets in. It will house the big telescope and astro imaging equipment. Building this observatory has been Tom&#8217;s dream for many years. The dome will go up next. Tom will be able to control the dome, telescope and cameras, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/nsjewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/nsjewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/nsjewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/nsjewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/nsjewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/nsjewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/nsjewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/nsjewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/nsjewelry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}