Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

Noon cannon

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

Dancing pademelons

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

Unitron Polarex Model 330 camera

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

Branching out

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

6-inch Polarex pier pillar and footer restoration

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

First light with the 6-inch Polarex telescope!!! #telescope #space #astrophotography #astronomy

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

The shy kanga

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

6 inch Polarex RA and Dec axes

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

Polarex RA secondary worm drive

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

First cabin trip after the cyclone

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

6 inch Polarex gearbox and armature

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

Silvering the clockdrive dial

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

6 inch Polarex weight drive

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

First attempt skidding tree trunks out of the forest

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

“P” is for Pademelon (and Potoroo!)

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

6 inch Polarex main OTA

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

Polarex accessory rings

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

A winter trip to the dark sky cabin

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

6 inch Polarex guidescope

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

6 inch Polarex photoequatorial pier

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

Polarex setting circles

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

Introduction to the Polarex 6 inch photoequatorial refractor

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

Electroplating the Polarex cradle wing-nuts with nickel

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

6 inch photoequatorial cradle

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

A cold little mastocomys (broad toothed mouse)

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

Red tailed black cockatoo

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

PolarexUnitron 2 inch view finder (50 mm f10)

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin

Polarex M80 astrograph

Dr Jon @ the dark sky cabin