DFM Designs and Installs Observatory for LEO Scope^TM  

DFM Engineering designed and built a 10' tall 16.5' diameter observatory specifically created to house our LEO Scope^TM to deliver superior Delivered Image Quality (DIQ) and enhanced "dome seeing".  Critical design elements were considered in the construction of the observatory pier, dome, mirror handling equipment and other relevant criteria.

Built with low thermal mass materials that combine to create a short time-constant building.  This allows the observing chamber temperature and the rest of the building to follow the ambient air temperature changes with a minimum difference in temperature.

The building also increases the heat transfer between the material and the air significantly through the appropriate use of ventilation.  Increasing air flow velocity with ventilation significantly reduces the temperature rise of the air (by dilution) and decreases the time constant.