High Altitude Observatories in Tibet use ACP

[Savio Fong]

[This post is part of a discussion about a problem with MaxDome by Silvio Fong of Hong Kong. This is so interesting that I took the liberty of copying this post here -- Bob Denny]

The first observatory at 5100m (16,500 ft) altitude Tibet, we build for University of Taiwan, also running under ACP observatory, one of the highest in the world, it takes 2 days drive from the nearest airport in capital city Lhasa,

http://www1.astro.hk/events/activities/id/192

http://www.astrocafe.hk/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=538#p5350

My personal one at 4300m (14,000 ft) altitude, the climate there is better, coldest to -20c or so.

http://www1.astro.hk/events/activities/id/679

http://www.astrocafe.hk/viewtopic.ph...art=280#p14562

Some of my imaging work here, automated by ACP, only with this great softwares, I can do over 1000 hrs of imaging work in a few months which is several thousand miles away from my city Hong Kong, while taking care of two new born babies...

http://www.astrocafe.hk/viewforum.php?f=17

Veil nebula
http://www.astrocafe.hk/viewtopic.ph...&t=3223#p21019

Orion region,
http://www.astrocafe.hk/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=3445

Simeis 147
http://www.astrocafe.hk/viewtopic.ph...&t=3319#p21609

Flux around Polaris
http://www.astrocafe.hk/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=3390