· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu… uh, User You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar CN Feedback and Vendor Announcements >> Vendor and Group Announcements Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 skyward_eyes Reged: 12/12/06 Loc: California Woodland Hills: Bear Valley Springs Observatory       #5420960 - 09/14/12 01:28 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Woodland Hills is taking an exciting and bold new step for Astro imagers, by leasing an observatory in the Tehachapi mountains. The observatory is located about two hours from Los Angeles and sits at about 6000 feet elevation. Seeing is about two arch seconds with a sky quality of 21.3 to 21.5. The observatory is 10 x 12 with a rolloff roof will accommodate three people and the operator comfortably. The accommodations for those using the observatory is a 1800 square-foot house 30 feet from the observatory, the house is very nice inside. If you would like to adventure away from the observatory there is a lot to do, like playing golf on the PGA course, tennis or basketball, swimming in Olympic pool , weight room etc... The observatory offers an array of world class equipment for both visual and imaging use. The equipment includes Planewave 17" on AP1200, Celestron C-14 and C-11, Astro-Physics 160EDF and TeleVue 101is. For camera we have an STL-11000M, QSI-583mono and a Lumenera CCD for planetary imaging. We are also looking into adding a new large format 16803 CCD in the future. For more information please see the observatory page: Bear Valley Springs Observatory You can also email me at Kevin@Telescopes.net for more information. Post Extras:       WordUpJackson super member Reged: 05/10/11 Loc: Fullerton, CA Re: Woodland Hills: Bear Valley Springs Observatory [Re: skyward_eyes]       #5424704 - 09/17/12 12:47 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Ooooh, wow! Tehachapi is my personal favorite location for dark sky observing. I was raised in Tehachapi (20 years) and lived in Bear Valley Springs for a couple years. Very dark skies. We have friends/family that live in Stallion Springs (essentially the same locale) and it's always a treat to take my XT8 up there and view in those clear mountain skies. Living in Orange county makes Tehachapi skies look BLACK. There is only one source of light pollution around Bear valley: The prison to the south east. Great place to observe! Post Extras:       skyward_eyes Reged: 12/12/06 Loc: California Re: Woodland Hills: Bear Valley Springs Observatory [Re: WordUpJackson]       #5426501 - 09/17/12 11:52 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   We are very excited to offer it! Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 5 registered and 4 anonymous users are browsing this forum. Moderator:  BRisley, bilgebay  Print Thread Forum Permissions       You cannot start new topics       You cannot reply to topics       HTML is disabled       UBBCode is enabled Thread views: 470 Jump to *Announcements and News* -----   Cloudy Nights Announcements   Discussion of CN Articles, Reviews, and Reports   Celestial Events*General Astronomy* -----   Beginners Forum   General Observing and Astronomy   Outreach   Light Pollution*Equipment Discussions* -----   ATM, Optics and DIY Forum   Binoculars   Binoviewers   Cats & Casses   Classic Telescopes   Equipment   Eyepieces   Mounts   Observatories   Reflectors   Refractors    Video and Electronically Assisted Astronomy*Astrophotography and Sketching* -----   Beginning and Intermediate Imaging   Film Astrophotography   DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing   CCD Imaging & Processing   Solar System Imaging & Processing   Sketching   Astro Imaging/Sketching Contest *Observing* -----   NEO   Planetary and Solar System Observing   Lunar Observing   Deep Sky Observing   Double Star Observing   Solar   Variable Star Observing and Radio Astronomy*Telescope Specific Forums* -----   Celestron NexStar    NexStar GPS / CPC Telescopes   Questar Forum   Meade ACF/RCX / LX / GPS    Meade ETX*Speciality Forums* -----   Arizona Science and Astronomy Expo   NEAF (Northeast Astronomy Forum) and NEAIC (Northeast Astro Imaging Conference)   AstroArt   Astronomy Clubs and Star Parties   Astronomy Software & Computers   AstroWebsites   Science! Astronomy & Space Exploration, and Others   Space Rocks   Stellar Media*Swap and Shop* -----   Shop and Swap Audio Components*CN Feedback and Vendor Announcements* -----   Vendor and Group Announcements*International Year of Astronomy 2009 - Forums are now closed.* -----   IYA Archive Info CN Forums Home

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