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Info The observatorio Mojon del Trigo is an observatory, which was built in in 1902 and contained a 32 cm Cassegrain type KYOTO reflector telescope donated by Georgetown University. It is located in the vicinity of Pico del Veleta (3394m) in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Spain at a height of about 2600m. The observatory was abandoned in the 1970s and deterioated into a ruin as documented by our own Jebulon in 2010, who also was with me on this occasion (thanks for showing me this place!). Since then, the observatory has been restored and is today in good shape (as seen from the outside, at least, I have not been inside). Nearby is also barracks used by the Special Operations Command of Spain. Here, the observatory is seen in evening sun as viewed from nearby Monument of Our Lady of the Snows. From this view point, the modern Sierra Nevada Observatory established 1981 can also be seen, but in the opposite direction. Created, uploaded and nominated by Slaunger. -- Slaunger (talk) 21:27, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
Support -- Slaunger (talk) 21:27, 6 November 2014 (UTC)- Support Nice, interesting piece. I feel that the picture is slightly tilted to the right, the plate, the door and the platform indicate that, believe that the platform should be aligned but are tilted at -1.50 degrees. -- Lauro Sirgadocontribs 14:24, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
- @Lauro Sirgado: Thanks for your review. This is something I considered prior to upload, and I believe I have made the best compromise. The building does not have straight walls. I have chosen to align it such that the left end wall, and the verticals at the door are vertical. The right end wall is inwardly inclined and I do not think you can assume the transition between the salmon painted surface and stune foundation shall be strictly horizontal. It is taken at a focal length of 194 mm, so I do not think perspective distortions come into play either as the field of view is really rather small. -- Slaunger (talk) 14:23, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
- Slaunger Ok, sorry my preciousness, but considering my background, when I look an precision equipment inclined it jumps me to the eyes, my brain automatically adjust the pivoting platform of the optical set horizontally, and the figure seems a bit strange. : ) -- Lauro Sirgadocontribs 23:06, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
- Lauro Sirgado Absolutely no apologies needed. I spend a lot of time thinking the building looked weirdly distorted when I edited it, scratching my hair. I ended up with an alignment, which I found to be the most plausible, but you may be right too. Unfortunately, I did not bring a spirit level there -- Slaunger (talk) 16:41, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
- Slaunger Ok ok I understand. In the future I would recommend this set: [1] and [2]. Please it's just a little joke : ) -- Lauro Sirgadocontribs 13:36, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
- Lauro Sirgado Absolutely no apologies needed. I spend a lot of time thinking the building looked weirdly distorted when I edited it, scratching my hair. I ended up with an alignment, which I found to be the most plausible, but you may be right too. Unfortunately, I did not bring a spirit level there -- Slaunger (talk) 16:41, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
- Slaunger Ok, sorry my preciousness, but considering my background, when I look an precision equipment inclined it jumps me to the eyes, my brain automatically adjust the pivoting platform of the optical set horizontally, and the figure seems a bit strange. : ) -- Lauro Sirgadocontribs 23:06, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
- @Lauro Sirgado: Thanks for your review. This is something I considered prior to upload, and I believe I have made the best compromise. The building does not have straight walls. I have chosen to align it such that the left end wall, and the verticals at the door are vertical. The right end wall is inwardly inclined and I do not think you can assume the transition between the salmon painted surface and stune foundation shall be strictly horizontal. It is taken at a focal length of 194 mm, so I do not think perspective distortions come into play either as the field of view is really rather small. -- Slaunger (talk) 14:23, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
- Support -- Christian Ferrer Talk / Im. / Fav. 20:59, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
- Support Composition outweighs the slight softness of the image for me. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:31, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
- Support --El Grafo (talk) 16:09, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
- Support --Hubertl (talk) 15:05, 14 November 2014 (UTC)
- Support I saved the picture. Now it is FP. ArionEstar (talk) 13:40, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
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