SPECOLA               

 

 

 

The observatory is built with a framework ( that is made of steel) and with aluminium panel 3 millimetres , the observatory rotates over a double T track, the central opening is 2 metres high and its movement is synchronized with the telescope.

The insulation for the cupola was made with an important attention, the inner surface was built with 1700 machboards (that are very different and 2 centimetres thick), the cupola so made, give an a very good impression to the visitors.

 

The 7,5 metres specola                                                        Pictures updated on 1th Juni 2006
Main truss Main truss Specola truck The cupola is almost covered
The cupola is completely covered The last panels of the opening The last panels

 The G.A.T.  memebers visit the specola   
The plate are positioned The plates are heated The floor is built The sides for the lights

The cupola is carried to observatory
Roberto Crippa and Giuseppe Macalli are painting The cupola is prepared to be carried The cupola is ready to be carried
The cupola is carried on TRADATE streets The cupola is carried near the FRERA museum The cupola is carried towards the observatory A safari in Pineta Park
A safari in Pineta Park Endly, the cupola arrives to observatory 2 others halfcupolas 2 others halfcupolas
2 others halfcupolas A safari  near the observatory A safari in natural path Endly we've  all the pieces to complete the specola
The last halfcupola The cupola is ready to be raised The cupola is ready to be raised The cupola is raising
The cupola is raising The cupola is almost raised The cupola is raised to beam The specola is finally ready!
The cupola is ready to be cover by the panels

The cover of the cupola will  finish on15th November

The works on the specola began during a nasty day
The paint works The paint works The spherical surfaces are finished
The cupola is covered with aluminium panel
Inside the cupola The aluminium panels are raised The aluminium panels are raised
The panels are raised The panels are raised View inside the cupola View inside the cupola

The barrier against the solar heating for cupola:

Features: the cupola of FOAM13 observatory is painted with a NASA paint, for use in the space:

NASA NHB 8060, 1B/C TEST1-NHB8060. 1C TEST7

This special paint is used on the artificial satellites in the space around the world. It reflects the 92% of solar radiation; it’s flexible and impermeable, it resists to the UV (ultraviolet ray) to atmospherical agent and against the mould. The NASA paint isn’t toxic and doesn’t yellow, its properties are sound absorbent. Instead, inside the cupola there is an insulation (that is used on the airliner) that is made of a pluriball sandwich with two layers of aluminium, the insulation is finished with 3 centimetres of expanded polystyrene.

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At last, thanks to two GAT  members Antonio Paganoni and Alberto Brunati, we could have a lining with machboards 2 centimetres thick that have a further insulation and a visual choreographic and extraordinary effect!

 

 

The first work: an isolation with pluriball sheets with aluminium like on the airline The second isolation with 3 centimetres polystyrene expanded Endly the cover with machboards 2 centimetres that have a further insulation and a visual choreographic and extraordinary effect.

THE WORKERS:

From left to right:

Giuseppe Macalli, Roberto Cogliati, Antonio Paganoni, Roberto Crippa and Alberto Brunati

The insulation continues

 The insulation continues

THE WORKERS increase: Daniele Calesella, Enrico Pierobon, Paolo Bardelli, Diego De Gasparin,Lorenzo Comolli

01-04-2007

THE PAINT INSIDE THE CUPOLA IS FINISHED!

IT IS BEAUTIFUL!!!

 

For the 7,5 metres specola we needed to:

 

-150 sq. pluriball with 2 aluminium coat.

-150 sq. polystyrene high density 2 centimetres.

-1700  

matchboards 2 centimetres.

-2 months  work.

 
Inside the specola  The stairway to first floor The first floor The stairway to second floor where you can find the fine cupola

 

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