Lookin great! Done the internal stairs yet? Interested to see those in place.
Not yet mate. The waterproofing is almost done, stairs next. My neighbour is a builders carpenter so we bartered me chopping down his poplars for his assistance building the stairs.
How was your day in the mountains Barry?
Looking for a new site for an observatory?
I saw your note there under my windscreen wiper!! Brought a smile to my face! I must have just missed you. When did you put it there?
We spent the night up there and greeted the dawn on Australia day from the summit. I'll start a thread in terrestrial photography later once I've processed all the pics.
Nice place to spend the night! My son and I ride our bikes to Rawson's Pass every week, we were there yesterday. This morning my wife and I started the day with a walk up to top of Mt Stillwell followed by Australia Day Breakfast at the Eyre Cafe. I have previously spent many nights on Kosci, including New Year's Eve 2006 & 2011.
Look forward to your pics. ( I only had a little pocket camera with me so the pics are average at best.)
I will be taking my scope up to the summit in the near future.
Nice place to spend the night! My son and I ride our bikes to Rawson's Pass every week, we were there yesterday. This morning my wife and I started the day with a walk up to top of Mt Stillwell followed by Australia Day Breakfast at the Eyre Cafe. I have previously spent many nights on Kosci, including New Year's Eve 2006 & 2011.
Look forward to your pics. ( I only had a little pocket camera with me so the pics are average at best.)
I will be taking my scope up to the summit in the near future.
Come and join us next year on the 25th/26th Jan then!
How did the weatherproofing go after that rain the other day, it would have been a good test.
Terrible. I have only installed it, and not all of it yet. I still haven't got a chance to seal it with silicone in the joints either! I have been at it all day today, trying to get it done and now it is raining again so I have to stop.
I've been ok for straight-down rain until now, but wasn't quite ready for sideways rain like we had the other day!
Just caught up with your latest lot of progress - your obs is looking really good. The aerial shot is great, and the internal view shows how much space you have up top; it reminded me of a ball room! Your aperture looks about as narrow as mine, but your scopes are closer to the centre too, I suspect. I can't remember whether your pier is offset, but guessing not.
Good luck with your weather seal; if I were to ever build another obs, that is one area that I would definitely change.
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Terrible. I have only installed it, and not all of it yet. I still haven't got a chance to seal it with silicone in the joints either! I have been at it all day today, trying to get it done and now it is raining again so I have to stop.
I've been ok for straight-down rain until now, but wasn't quite ready for sideways rain like we had the other day!
You're lucky it was only sideways. It was horizontal out my north windows and blowing upwards out my south windows at Belconnen.
Have been following the thread & your progress with interest. Fantastic work Baz. Hope you didn't get too much water in.
