Being the owner of my own remote observatory I can relate to this video and your excitement! Keep these videos coming! Congratulations and thanks for the superb job of enlightening us on the subject of remote imaging.
Very happy for you guys! I saw the pure joy when you balanced that mount perfectly!! I hope you have an easy fix to tilt !! Looking forward to the future!! Congratulations again!
This is my dream. To have your scope at the ready in such dark skies, and not have to worry about taking it down in the middle of the night. Somewhere in the future maybe. Hoping for some great images ahead, clear skies!
This is embarrassing, but I’m so happy for you guys … I cried a little when I saw the scope sitting there. Definitely a dream to have something like this.
I feel the same excitement Antoine 👍😊 my first thought was “I wouldn’t be able to leave my setup in a remote place”. After watching your video, I wouldn’t hesitate doing the same if it wasn’t for the fact that Iive in Denmark - no remote observatories nearby.
I live under the murky UK skies - probably similar to Denmark's - but a friend and I have a set-up at E-Eye in Spain. It is quite affordable when split between the two of us :)
@@DrawsACircle It depends on the total aperture of your scope(s), But up to 150 mm, it is around 350 Euros per month. They have excellent technicians too!
Je sais qu'il y en a un enorme en Espagne, je me demande si il y a quelque chose de similaire en France, je suppose que oui, mais effectivement c'est genial
The thing that I think I'm really envious of is the ability to correct any errors almost every night without waiting a week to try again. And TILT! It's so tricky to eliminate especially in a newtonian
I would love to have my RASA 11 in a place like that! Unfortunately I am not sure how well my mounts would do without messing with them. While I have good luck with my iOptron mounts while I am at my dark sky vacation place and don't need to redo my PA, star alignment, etc. I am there for only a week or a little more. I think I'd need an AP, 10 Micron, or SB mount to be able to do it as a remote setup full time. One of these days though... Curiously I couldn't find pricing on the site for hosting a setup.
This is awesome. I spent a lot of money in my skyshed dome this year. Maybe I can save money for next year. What is the monthly payment roughly per month?, went to website, I couldn’t find the price. 😊
Salut Antoine. Je suis très content pour Dalia et toi. You've well made your way through the hobby. I think for most of us amateur astro imagers, our dream is to have our rig in a totally remote and safe place where we can do our sessions from home. From Nantes, I wish the best of skies and long and amazing sessions
@@GalacticHunter Why wait? You could set in New Mexico. They even troubleshoot problems for you. You don’t need drive there. Skies better and cost more.
Very cool man! Best wishes with your new remote scope! You hit a nerve with me when said that word... TILT! I just got a new RASA 8 and guess what I have! Ordered a new Baader FCCT and camera so hope that fixes! I didn't realize a refractor could have tilt problems but I guess it is universal unfortunately. Clear Skies!
The RASA8 is famous for tilt, since it's so fast. Hopefully the FCCT you bought will take care of it. Refractors do have tilt too because the tilt can originate from anywhere, reducer, camera... I think mine is from the camera itself, and since it's full-frame it's super obvious
Congrats! I hope the tripod install is only temporary, while working out the bugs. The chance of someone bumping into a leg and ruining your polar alignment is quite high.
Hi, I was just wondering if you saw Amy Astro's video about her new Camera Tilt Correcting Unit. I know you expressed frustration with it, and that device seems like a relatively simple solution to it.
Yes I plan to in the future, they're around $700 so that's crazy, I might try to make my own somehow, not sure yet. For now I take sky flats early in the morning and I had built a dark library before hand
I don't cover it yet but I intend to buy a flat panel Flip/Flap thing whenever I can. If I need it covered for now for darks I just ask the people working on site to cover it.
This is really exciting, we're all very happy for you guys. This should enable you to do more LRGB images. I love LRGB but you need to be at a dark site.
I'm kinda curious as to why there are all those concrete pier foundations poured in isolation into the floor, yet no actual piers have been constructed, and none of the telescopes are actually mounted on anything. Sort of defeats the point a little bit? One reason to mount it on the concrete at all is to avoid thermal flexure of the tripod legs heat cycling throughout the day, which will over time ruin your polar alignment. Is this a 'coming later' upgrade?
Generally its up to the owner of the telescope to supply the pier, involving drilling into the concrete pads some bolts or similar, however for many a tripod is more than enough as a slight error in polar alignment of say 1-3 arcminute (a realistic max deviation for a tripod on a concrete pad) is well within what guiding can correct for, and over a meridian flip the mount will flex more than this amount,
Salut antoine, juste une question : je vois qu'autour il y a pas mal de sable ou de poussières. En cas de vent comment être certain que rien ne rentrera dans l'abris et sur les télescopes?
Le batiment est fermé quand il fait trop de vent, et c'est conseillé de protéger le telescope avec un Flip-Flap flat panel (que je dois encore acheter). Mais sinon, le directeur peut enlever la poussiere sur chaque instrument si besoin au fil du temps
Sorry to post this here but I’m looking to purchase an expandable sleeve for cable management, there are so many I really don’t know which to get can you advise please. The remote location allows for really dark skies so I look forward to seeing your images.
Superb! - So happy for you guys, I can only imagine the opportunities this will present for you :-) Once you get the tilt figured out it'll be plain sailing I'm sure! Clear skies!
Just curious, I guess. Let's say you're the only one wanting to image that night, do you open the roof remotely? Is there a grounds keeper that can be contacted for troubleshooting?
The owner opens the roof every night as long as the sky is clear / mostly clear and there is no chance of rain. If there is any chance of surprise rain during the night, the software automatically closes the roof. Yes for troubleshooting, there is someone who lives on-site and can walk to the observatory to help out in case of issues (plugging some cables, restarting the computer, etc)
tilt is when the camera sensor is tilted relative to the focal plane of the telescope, leading to different parts of the image being focused differently, e.g. a corner or half the image being less sharp than the rest,
So it's not remotely operated, you have to be there to use it? Is only used for astrography, or do you do real science with it like asteroid occultations
It is well lesser than others, which are 1200-1400 a month. This is how remote observatories operate. If remote observatory in Chile, it will be even more expensive. Moreover, no rig lesser than 30K are there.
In my opinion, it is strategic mistake to put your system for remote astrophotography. It is priced at 800 per month and 25-30K for gears. Add headache for operating it. Alternative? Here it is. Get unlimited plan from iTelescope for 1K m, use much better scopes, mounts and camera than yours. Additionally, no headaches and driving back and forth. No spending on expensive gears. Bonus, you can continue using ZWO in backyard.
Being the owner of my own remote observatory I can relate to this video and your excitement! Keep these videos coming! Congratulations and thanks for the superb job of enlightening us on the subject of remote imaging.
Congratulations guys! The images are gonna be insane!
Thank you!!!!
How exciting to be able to image regularly in such dark skies. Looks like a great setup they have there.
Thank you, yes it's really awesome, I still can't believe it's real lol.
Congratulations Antoine!!!!
Amazing! A genuine explorer!
Awesome, this place will fill up fast, just need to get the word out that it’s available 👍
Very happy for you guys! I saw the pure joy when you balanced that mount perfectly!! I hope you have an easy fix to tilt !! Looking forward to the future!! Congratulations again!
Thank you! Going to order an expensive tilt adapter but hopefully that will take care of it!
Thank you for this video, very interesting and inspiring.
This is my dream. To have your scope at the ready in such dark skies, and not have to worry about taking it down in the middle of the night. Somewhere in the future maybe. Hoping for some great images ahead, clear skies!
I hope to see the results as you are able to use such a wonderful resource that would be beyond my amateur limits.
This is embarrassing, but I’m so happy for you guys … I cried a little when I saw the scope sitting there. Definitely a dream to have something like this.
Awesome video Antoine. Thanks
Congrats
Congratulations on achieving your dream!
Wow. Great idea
Living the dream ❤
Congratulations on the new set up, would like to see how you fix the tilt.
Thanks! I will fix the tilt in February when we come back from France, I'll be sure to make a tutorial
I feel the same excitement Antoine 👍😊 my first thought was “I wouldn’t be able to leave my setup in a remote place”. After watching your video, I wouldn’t hesitate doing the same if it wasn’t for the fact that Iive in Denmark - no remote observatories nearby.
I live under the murky UK skies - probably similar to Denmark's - but a friend and I have a set-up at E-Eye in Spain. It is quite affordable when split between the two of us :)
Interesting @@pompeymonkey3271, just checking e-eyes web page, what’s the yearly price if I may ask?
@@DrawsACircle It depends on the total aperture of your scope(s), But up to 150 mm, it is around 350 Euros per month.
They have excellent technicians too!
incroyable ce system, c est une bonne idée a faire en france ,merci a toi pour ces belles images
Je sais qu'il y en a un enorme en Espagne, je me demande si il y a quelque chose de similaire en France, je suppose que oui, mais effectivement c'est genial
Tilt is the bane of my life too. Its so hard to fix. If there was a solid daytime solution to this problem, it would make life much easier.
The thing that I think I'm really envious of is the ability to correct any errors almost every night without waiting a week to try again. And TILT! It's so tricky to eliminate especially in a newtonian
I would love to have my RASA 11 in a place like that! Unfortunately I am not sure how well my mounts would do without messing with them. While I have good luck with my iOptron mounts while I am at my dark sky vacation place and don't need to redo my PA, star alignment, etc. I am there for only a week or a little more. I think I'd need an AP, 10 Micron, or SB mount to be able to do it as a remote setup full time. One of these days though...
Curiously I couldn't find pricing on the site for hosting a setup.
This is awesome. I spent a lot of money in my skyshed dome this year. Maybe I can save money for next year. What is the monthly payment roughly per month?, went to website, I couldn’t find the price. 😊
I am 1,5 hr's away and would be curious about pricing also. Thanks
Their pricing is $800/month
@@thomascoverdale2193 $800/month currently
@@GalacticHunter thank you
Was all in until the price. That's almost my mortgage, and my wife would skin me alive lol. Guess I will continue to live vicariously.
Salut Antoine. Je suis très content pour Dalia et toi. You've well made your way through the hobby. I think for most of us amateur astro imagers, our dream is to have our rig in a totally remote and safe place where we can do our sessions from home.
From Nantes, I wish the best of skies and long and amazing sessions
This IS a literal dream come true. I’ll be in touch about setting up a rig next to you!🎉
Yes it feels so nice after so many years setting up in the desert! And sounds good, let's be imaging neighbors 😅
@@GalacticHunter Why wait? You could set in New Mexico. They even troubleshoot problems for you. You don’t need drive there. Skies better and cost more.
Very cool man! Best wishes with your new remote scope! You hit a nerve with me when said that word... TILT! I just got a new RASA 8 and guess what I have! Ordered a new Baader FCCT and camera so hope that fixes! I didn't realize a refractor could have tilt problems but I guess it is universal unfortunately. Clear Skies!
The RASA8 is famous for tilt, since it's so fast. Hopefully the FCCT you bought will take care of it. Refractors do have tilt too because the tilt can originate from anywhere, reducer, camera... I think mine is from the camera itself, and since it's full-frame it's super obvious
Congrats! I hope the tripod install is only temporary, while working out the bugs. The chance of someone bumping into a leg and ruining your polar alignment is quite high.
Hi, I was just wondering if you saw Amy Astro's video about her new Camera Tilt Correcting Unit. I know you expressed frustration with it, and that device seems like a relatively simple solution to it.
How about darks and flats? Are you going to install a remote light panel that doubles as a lens cover?
Yes I plan to in the future, they're around $700 so that's crazy, I might try to make my own somehow, not sure yet. For now I take sky flats early in the morning and I had built a dark library before hand
Hello, what is this ASG for
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Super impressive. Can I ask how you cover the front element and remove it for imaging.
I don't cover it yet but I intend to buy a flat panel Flip/Flap thing whenever I can. If I need it covered for now for darks I just ask the people working on site to cover it.
This is really exciting, we're all very happy for you guys. This should enable you to do more LRGB images. I love LRGB but you need to be at a dark site.
Yes!! Being able to shoot in broadband from dark skies much more often is the most exciting part :D
I'm kinda curious as to why there are all those concrete pier foundations poured in isolation into the floor, yet no actual piers have been constructed, and none of the telescopes are actually mounted on anything. Sort of defeats the point a little bit? One reason to mount it on the concrete at all is to avoid thermal flexure of the tripod legs heat cycling throughout the day, which will over time ruin your polar alignment. Is this a 'coming later' upgrade?
People will bring more serious gears (20”+ scopes) than you saw on this video. Then they will need piers.
Generally its up to the owner of the telescope to supply the pier, involving drilling into the concrete pads some bolts or similar, however for many a tripod is more than enough as a slight error in polar alignment of say 1-3 arcminute (a realistic max deviation for a tripod on a concrete pad) is well within what guiding can correct for, and over a meridian flip the mount will flex more than this amount,
Salut antoine, juste une question : je vois qu'autour il y a pas mal de sable ou de poussières. En cas de vent comment être certain que rien ne rentrera dans l'abris et sur les télescopes?
Le batiment est fermé quand il fait trop de vent, et c'est conseillé de protéger le telescope avec un Flip-Flap flat panel (que je dois encore acheter). Mais sinon, le directeur peut enlever la poussiere sur chaque instrument si besoin au fil du temps
Sorry to post this here but I’m looking to purchase an expandable sleeve for cable management, there are so many I really don’t know which to get can you advise please.
The remote location allows for really dark skies so I look forward to seeing your images.
We use these from Amazon: amzn.to/3ixa31t they work very well
@@GalacticHunter thanks for that. I have just ordered some from Amazon uk.
Superb! - So happy for you guys, I can only imagine the opportunities this will present for you :-) Once you get the tilt figured out it'll be plain sailing I'm sure!
Clear skies!
Just curious, I guess. Let's say you're the only one wanting to image that night, do you open the roof remotely? Is there a grounds keeper that can be contacted for troubleshooting?
The owner opens the roof every night as long as the sky is clear / mostly clear and there is no chance of rain. If there is any chance of surprise rain during the night, the software automatically closes the roof. Yes for troubleshooting, there is someone who lives on-site and can walk to the observatory to help out in case of issues (plugging some cables, restarting the computer, etc)
Can you talk about tilt a little more or explain what causes this? I am not fully understanding what tilt is or what caused it.
tilt is when the camera sensor is tilted relative to the focal plane of the telescope, leading to different parts of the image being focused differently, e.g. a corner or half the image being less sharp than the rest,
Question, how do you take flats??
We either take sky flats, or we can ask one of the observatory people to place a flats panel on our scope!
@@GalacticHunter That makes sense, thanks! I guess that flats are an every once in a while thing if the imaging train doesn't change.
So it's not remotely operated, you have to be there to use it? Is only used for astrography, or do you do real science with it like asteroid occultations
It is remotely operated. I was just there once to set it up. I do astrophotography but some others do real science.
That's awesome but wow 800 a month, out of my range for sure.
It is well lesser than others, which are 1200-1400 a month. This is how remote observatories operate. If remote observatory in Chile, it will be even more expensive. Moreover, no rig lesser than 30K are there.
Super tu as de la place ?
Oui ca vient d'ouvrir donc il y a encore environ 12 piers de dispo!
In my opinion, it is strategic mistake to put your system for remote astrophotography. It is priced at 800 per month and 25-30K for gears. Add headache for operating it.
Alternative? Here it is. Get unlimited plan from iTelescope for 1K m, use much better scopes, mounts and camera than yours. Additionally, no headaches and driving back and forth. No spending on expensive gears.
Bonus, you can continue using ZWO in backyard.
In a shared environment, you have to compete with other people for the telescope time. It is not always a smooth sailing.
@@nikivan Depends on package. With ultimate package, you don’t. Have a nice day!
Where does the money come from for all this?
live stream...
at $800 a month to rent a pier at utahremote that leaves most of us out...
I know what you mean about tilt. Currently waiting for my ASG cage to ship
Yea.. that's what I'm going to get as well very soon. It's driving me crazy