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Hi and welcome to CSASTRO.COM.
This site is dedicated to astroimaging from a remote location in New Mexico - USA.
Stonehenge Observatory- New Mexico was founded by myself and Randy Nulman towrads the end of 2006. This was a venture I started out on my own but it became clear that one man was not enough. So Randy and I teamed up and built what we believe is one of the best amature Observatories around.
The observatory is located at Stars End Estates- Mayhill - New Mexico at approx. 7200'- lat 32d 53: lon 105d 32. There are 17 lots all owned by amature astronomers. The State of New Mexico is one of the few states or for that matter, anywhere in the world that has light pollution laws. I guess that is why the area is becoming so popular for our chosen hobby. Opposite the site is another great place - New Mexico Skies owned and operated by Mike and Lyn Rice.
Our set up comprises the Astro Haven Dome, RC 20" optcal system using the Paramount ME. The software we use is : The Sky 6 Pro, CCDAutopilot, CCDSoft and MaxImDL. The observatory is remotely operated and uses a SBig STL11000 CCD camera and AOL unit with RGB,Ha filter set. First light was early Dec 2006 and you can see my 'first light' image on the gallery page.
Thank you for taking the time to look at this site. It is still being developed so as new images and content become available they will be published on this site.
You can also visit www.sacramentomountainastropark.com if you would like to rent a site for astro imaging.
Chris Traher
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