The Prescott Observatory


After a few setbacks, such as having to bulldoze the initial observatory building (please don't ask), the new observatory finally became operational in late 2006.

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Current equipment in the observatory:

Telescopes(L->R in the picture above right)
AstroPhysics EDF 180 refractor
RC Optics 20-inch reflector
Takahashi FS-152 refractor
CCD cameras
SBIG ST-10XE
SBIG STL-6303


First pictures from the new observatory (January 2007)

The central area of the Andromeda galaxy click for larger picture
The 'Horsehead' nebula in Orion click for larger picture
The M33 galaxy click for larger picture


M1 - The Crab Nebula

(picture taken on 2/22/03 in Scottsdale, AZ)


Another picture of the Crab

(taken in Prescott on 1/22/07)


NGC 1579 - A rather obscure nebula in Perseus

(taken in Prescott on 1/22/07)



Pictures taken around 1990 with a Meade 2080/LX2 scope

(on Palomar Mountain north of San Diego, CA)

[the great orion nebula - click for larger picture] [the horsehead nebula - click for larger picture]