Southern Georgia Astronomers Red Barn Observatory H68

Red Barn Observatory IAU/MPC H68

Owned by Steve E. Farmer Jr., the Red Barn Observatory IAU/MPC H68 was established in 2006. It was built with intentions to observe asteroids and comets as well as become a MPC registered observing station. The observatory is located about 4 miles south of Ty Ty, Georgia and is obscured by very little light pollution. The observatory is equipped with a 0.3-meter (12") LX200 GPS and SBIG ST-7 CCD imager. For visual observing, a 0.25-meter (10") Meade Starfinder is used - it was the first telescope used in the observatory. The observatory also has a separate warm/cool room from where the telescope is controlled and the entire observatory (minus the roll-in roof) can be controlled from inside the house located within 100'.

Red Barn Observatory IAU/MPC H68

Roll-In Roof (10" Starfinder Installed)

Computer Controls

Meade 12" LX200 GPS

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