Adventures in Building, Outfitting and Operating a Remote Observatory | 2023-10-29

Way back in July 2020, Manny came on The Astro Imaging Channel to tell us about a new remote observatory he was building. Three years later, he's come a long way, adding things like power control, backup systems, safety monitoring, and control hardware and software to enable fully remote observatory operation and imaging. If you've ever thought about building a remote observatory, come see how it's done! The slides for Part 1 and Part 2 of Manny's presentations, as well as several articles on the observatory build process may be found on his website: https://space.leinz.io/observatory/ Manny can be contacted via: https://space.leinz.io/contact/ Or on Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/users/Starri... Manny Leinz has been interested in astronomy and space since watching the Apollo missions in his childhood. He worked for Rockwell / Boeing for over 36 years, where as an Engineering Director, he led the development of technologies for spacecraft autonomous rendezvous and docking until his retirement in 2015. Manny has been an avid amateur astronomer since the 1980's, and has more recently gotten serious about astrophotography. In 2017, after buying a vacation home near the Gold Rush town of Mariposa, near Yosemite National Park, he realized the long held dream of building an observatory at a dark sky site. Since that time, he has spent many hours configuring the observatory to operate remotely from his primary home in Southern California. When he’s not observing or photographing the night sky, he enjoys traveling with his wife of 36 years, playing the guitar, and participating in outreach events with the Riverside Astronomical Society. 🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: https://bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe 💫 What do you want to learn about? Suggest a topic for a future show: https://theastroimagingchannel.org/co... Want more TAIC in your life? ✨ Like us on Facebook:   / theastroimagingchannel   ✨ Join our Facebook group:   / 1329722943877857   ✨ Visit our website: https://theastroimagingchannel.org/ Found this helpful? Here are the best ways to support TAIC: 🌟 Donate: https://tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: https://theastroimagingchannel.org/co... Who are we? We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images. We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you #astrophotography