Night wildlife eh? I have had a fox watch me image doing nightscapes about 20 metres from me.
Greg.
Well how funny is that, I was just thinking about you Greg and you post a reply, we are connected
I was thinking, man this is what Greg Bradley has been enjoying for all these years at Bigga!! Sheesh, I'm playing catchup! Better late than never..its magical
Mike have been following this thread and really am enjoying it as all unfolds.Good luck with all your plans and remember as you spend more time there you may well need some solar observation gear as well.
Cheers Derek.
Mike have been following this thread and really am enjoying it as all unfolds.Good luck with all your plans and remember as you spend more time there you may well need some solar observation gear as well.
Cheers Derek.
Cheers Derek and good idea and what a ride it has been so far too! I think about the place and the possibilities for the future, every hour of the day ...I'm a little over excited and a tad consumed...can you tell? I cant believe I have ended up in this situation
Another spectacular night up here After 3 days of cloud and rain and after watching Penrith win the NRL Grand Final, well done Panthers! ...I decided to stick my head outside and see if the clouds had parted...well...Mamma Mia!! a beautiful crystal clear sky I thought hmmm?...I should set up the dob...I should have a squizz, I mean look at THAT!! ...meah too tired ...but I'll just check the SQM .......as suspected, all Zenith readings over 22 ..again
Cant wait for the observatory Dome delivery is delayed, expected late Dec now not Sidereal Tradings fault, Covid is affecting all international shipping .Oh well the rest of the observatory hasn't started yet so its probably a good thing, gives me time to build all the rest...and do more SQM readings
Decided to sleep in the lounge tonight, fire trickling along, blinds open, revealing that crystal clear southern sky, full of stars, out the huge window, to drift of to thoughts of the new observatory and what other adventures are still to come up here...
Mike
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Mike,
I feel both your excitement and anxiety in waiting to receive your Dome
I bought my NexDome from Paul and Diego ( Sidereal ) June 2020 and from placement of order to the truck arriving took nearly 9 months
Patience is a virtue !!
It did give me time to design, double check and build the decking , piers etc... plus install underground power and data cabling, buy all the gear for the interior fit out etc.......
In the end , funny enough, it worked out really well
Also didn’t stop me from imaging either , I use to set up next to the decking and run a 20m power lead out
Hope your Dome arrives safe and sound ( that’s the main objective ) oh and with no missing parts or hardware !!
We all can’t wait to see your final observatory set up and running in early 2022
A video would be great too
Good luck with everything
I read this at 2-30 am and went back to bed with happy thoughts.
Thanks for sharing your experiences.
Alex
N8ce to gear Alex...you will have to be a visitor someday
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Originally Posted by Startrek
Mike,
I feel both your excitement and anxiety in waiting to receive your Dome
I bought my NexDome from Paul and Diego ( Sidereal ) June 2020 and from placement of order to the truck arriving took nearly 9 months
Patience is a virtue !!
It did give me time to design, double check and build the decking , piers etc... plus install underground power and data cabling, buy all the gear for the interior fit out etc.......
In the end , funny enough, it worked out really well
Also didn’t stop me from imaging either , I use to set up next to the decking and run a 20m power lead out
Hope your Dome arrives safe and sound ( that’s the main objective ) oh and with no missing parts or hardware !!
We all can’t wait to see your final observatory set up and running in early 2022
A video would be great too
Good luck with everything
Cheers
Martin
Yep, my thoughts exactly Martin.. while I was drifting off to sleep while looking 200, 000 lightyears out into the Universe last night...from inside our cosy loungeroom....
Beautiful day up here today too...off for another explore
...although it didn't exactly exude safety and I wouldn't want to be a passenger ...that was very cool ...and yes, a great way to come up to Eagleview, see you soon
Mike
A mate up here had one, he owned a 25,000 acre property that has been in the family for 5 generations and by using his gyro he was the first to see all of it.
All expected it would be his doom but happily he stopped flying it.
Alex
A mate up here had one, he owned a 25,000 acre property that has been in the family for 5 generations and by using his gyro he was the first to see all of it.
All expected it would be his doom but happily he stopped flying it.
Alex
Could use a drone, for next to nix, to do that these days
Wow..And I thought my 5 acre semi rural retreat at Castlereagh with house were nice..Looks like a dream Mike ..All the best
Bigjoe
Well, funny you should say that Joe ...Castlereagh is about 55km from the Sydney CBD, so the last time Sydney had a population size the same as Canberra has today, was back at the end of the 19th century, so, had you been, I imagine a farmer (?), way out in what would have been regarded as the sticks then (and a full days travel by horse and cart from Circular Quay) in the 1890's, you would have certainly enjoyed Bortle class 1 skies and an SQM of 22+ from there too ...especially given Sydney had far fewer lights per capita back then! It would have been a truly excellent dark sky ....but not from the vantage point of 1450m AMSL of course
Hello Mike .
First off ~ congratulations for buying such a wonderful property !
Next , I would be happy to pay a fee to be able to visit with a scope & camp .
Hello Mike .
First off ~ congratulations for buying such a wonderful property !
Next , I would be happy to pay a fee to be able to visit with a scope & camp .
Do hope that may be possible in the future ?
Cheers & Beers
Bobby
Well Bobby...it's still early days but I do have a number of possibilities on my radar, such a site definitely needs to be shared somehow...