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Originally Posted by terrynz
Hey Greg,
where's your remote observatory? I'm seriously considering moving most of my main imaging equipment out of New Zealand. It just needs a better home as the weather here has been too fickle the last few years.
cheers
T.
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When I say I have a remote dark site, I meant remote as is in distant and not many people around. I have a weekender I built and an observatory but no electricity. I use generators. It is between Goulburn and Crookwell in NSW and about 740 metres altitude. Often the skies there are clear and stay clear all night. There is virtually no light pollution. It can some years be quite windy but that doesn't affect a refractor but it did a closed tube RCOS.
I could get the power on but it would cost $30,000 +. I have internet access via 3G wireless modem.
Pingelly near Perth may be a good site. That's where Rob Gendler took a lot of shots from with a 14.5 inch RCOS.
Greg.