Starchaser Harts Road Krawarree.

[TraKtorman]

I thought I would share some happy snaps of the relocation of my observatory to Harts Road. The first shot shows the completed observatory which is located up the driveway, upper left. I have a wifi link to the house. So apart from unbolting the high wind restraints for the dome I can run it from the house. So far that is working well. The second is a mockup of the pier. I know people love to overengineer their piers. My experience is standard reo and concrete works fine. I have added to the solar panels, and I had to extend the windbreak. The rest a, a picture is worth a thousand words. cheers Peter

[AdamJL]

absolutely stunning!!

[floyd_2]

Now that's a stunning location. Looks great at night and also during the day! What a view.

[TraKtorman]

Thanks. Glad you like it. It's dark, very quiet, but can also be very windy.

[strongmanmike]

Faaaabulous looking location Peter :thumbsup: your house (bit bigger than ours at Eagleview :eyepop: :lol:) is in the early days of construction on Google maps ;) When the wind isn't an issue, that looks like a fine location for a star party ;) :party::astron: :drink: We are veritable neighbours and both very lucky buggers..huh? :thumbsup:

Mike

[TraKtorman]

Yes we are "lucky", though I think its actually down to hard work and planning. I thought your post and the work you have done was quite inspirational. Yes the pic on google maps is old. Looking back through the photos, I ralised I dug the hole for the pier in April 2018, before we had even started on the house! As for star parties bring them on.

[strongmanmike]

It's on Google in Aug 2018 imagery :D :thumbsup:

I built my first observatory (https://pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/observatory_construction&page=all) back in Dec 2003 - Feb 2004, before the house started too :lol:

Mike

[AstroViking]

In the words of the prisoner from 'Life of Brian', you lucky, lucky, lucky b'stard!!


That's a spectacular location, with an amazing view.



Cheers,
V

[Joshua Bunn]

As others have said, such a lovely location :) I like the solar panels to!

[LonelySpoon]

Looking great Peter. Nice clear horizon, too.
You wouldn't want one of my spare hills, would you?

Nev

[RugbyRene]

Stunning!!! Absolutely stunning!!!!

[TraKtorman]

Only if they are more than 10kms away:rofl:

[TraKtorman]

Thanks. Being off grid has some advantages, so far no blackouts, if we have any though we own them. meanwhile the grid has failed about 4 or 5 times in this area over the past year or two.