observatory pics

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My observatory is located in Marana, Arizona among the Tortolita (first row left, view is North), Tucson (first row right, view is Southwest) and Santa Catalina (second row left, view is East) Mountains.  Mount Lemmon (9,150 ft) is the left most peak in the Santa Catalina Mountains.  My main imaging setup (as of 2021) is comprised of  a RCOS 12.5" Ritchey-Chrétien telescope with  a SBIG STX16803 CCD camera mounted on a Software Bisque Paramount ME mount (third row left).  A Takahashi TOA130 5" refractor with a SBIG STL1000M CCD camera is piggybacked on top of the Ritchey-Chrétien.  I control all devices (mount, CCD cameras, focusers, rotators, etc) from my office computer (third row right).  The skies at my observatory are generally pretty good except for a light dome in the southeast emanating from Tucson (fourth row left, see here).  Shown is a typical sunset from my observatory (fourth row right).

 

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