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Tao-Observatory website online

Started by stargazer_7000, 12/31/2009 04:59PM
Posted 12/31/2009 04:59PM Opening Post
hi guys,

let me draw your attention to the new website of the remote-observatory
"Tao".
it houses the 9" folded TMB apo, that now rides on 10micron 4000

www.tao-observatory.com

thanks for dropping in!
happy new year to all of you!

clear skies, guys!
Dietmar
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www.stargazer-observatory.com
Posted 01/03/2010 02:15PM #1
Some nice images as expected, but the logo and header bar keep scrolling down in front of them and taking up a significant fraction of my window. (Some of us still use small monitors much of the time.)

Fort Lewis Observatory: (37.238, -108.052) ~2360m (7744 ft.) elevation.
Darkness - typically 6.5+
Scope - Meade 16" LX200; f6.3 focal reducer
Focus - JMI Smart focus
Camera - SBIG ST-10XE; (~.5"/pixel)
Guiding - AO-8 and/or Meade 5"/DSI/PHD
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory