About an hour south of Yosemite National Park at 4600', 21.3 mags/sqarcsec sky brightness and seeing typically <2", this is an ideal, remote imaging site. Our equipment resides in a 10' x 12' remotely controlled roll-off roof, elevated observatory.

Equipment includes:

Paramount ME

RC Optical Systems 16" f/8.9 tube RC reflector with
    secondary focuser and camera rotator
Astrodon MonsterMOAG off-axis guider with and SBIG
    ST-402 guide CCD
Apogee U16M CCD imaging camera with 4098x4098
    (16 MPix) and Apogee AI-FW50-7S housing 50 mm
    square Astrodon Generation 2 LRGB and 3 nm OIII,
    H-a and SII filters

Takahashi FSQ106N on 16" RC
Astrodon TAKometer camera rotator
Tehcnical Innovations Robo Focus focuser
Astrodon MonsterMOAG off-axis guider with SBIG
     STL Remote Guide Head guider
SBIG STL11000 + FW8 filter wheel housing 50 mm
     dia. Astrodon Generation 2 LRGB and  3 nm OIII,
    H-a and SII filters
 

 Near Adelaide in the state of South Australia at 500', >21 mags/sqarcsec sky brightness and seeing typically <2.5", this is a rare, remote southern hemisphere imaging location.
 

Equipment includes:

Paramount ME

RC Optical Systems truss structure containing a
      14.5"  f/8.2 Classical Cassegrain originally
       designed for Tony Hallas with secondary
       focuser and camera rotator.
Astrodon MonsterMOAG off-axis guider with SBIG
    ST-402 guide CCD
Apogee U16M CCD imaging camera with 4098x
     4098 (16 MPix) and Apogee AI-FW50-7S housing
     50 mm square Astrodon Generation 2 LRGB
     and 3 nm OIII, and 5 nm H-a and SII filters
 

Astro-Physics AP130 5" refractor on 14.5" RC
Tehcnical Innovations Robo Focus focuser
Apogee U16M CCD imaging camera with 4098x
    4098 (16 MPix) and Apogee AI-FW50-7S housing
    50 mm square Astrodon Generation 2 LRGB and
   3 nm OIII, and 5 nm H-a and SII filters.

Early 2007 - present