Starfront Observatories

We are a remote observatory in central texas, with the mission to make dark skies affordable for astronomy!

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An Army of Robot Telescopes in Texas Makes the Stars Feel Closer Than Ever https://t.co/cmP4m9CbcW via @NYTimes

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Crazy how much this took off!

[Bray Falls @astrofalls]

Since a lot of people are confused about what this is, every telescope here is owned by a person. Each person can log in remotely to use their telescope to capture photos of space from our dark skies!

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Starfront IOTM for the month of May!

LDN43 in Ophiucus captured by Chuck Ayoub.

SNR G150.3+4.5 in Camelopardalis captured by Nick Fritz

The Seagull Nebula and Thor's helmet captured by Matt Paige

Hope y'all enjoy the images!

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Some AM5s for Friday! Of all the mounts we have here at the observatory, this is one where we have never had a single copy break. When I open a box for an install and see an AM5 it brings a tear of joy to my face.

These ones are in building 8!

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Some setups here in building 8 at the observatory, getting ready for a night of imaging!

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@AstroCapetown @AlaricPrins @zwoastro @Optolong_filter @chucksastropho1 I still use 300-600s exposures on my rasa 8 (this is bray btw)

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The observatory has grown quite a bit since May, we are now up to five buildings with three more under construction!

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Astrophotographers at our observatory have been killing it lately. We are up to two APOD awards, and six Astrobin IOTDs now! Here are some of those recent images

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The moon man himself getting it done at starfront 😎

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

A completely unedited photo of the moon captured a moment ago from the remote location in Texas where I have one system shooting deep panoramas of the milky way. A second one will be up and running soon for intricate photos of deep sky objects.

I'll capture ~7 hours tonight.

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The summer Milky Way captured from our observatory in central texas!

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Hey everyone! Welcome to the starfront observatory. We are a remote telescope hosting service located in central texas under super dark skies. Our goal is to make access to these dark skies much more affordable!