Asteroids+-+New+Mexico+Skies

The observatory is one of the few in the world that hosts fully robotic and remotely controlled telescopes for individuals and institutions alike. In early 2007 the Rices started a second southern hemisphere hosting site, named Fair Dinkum Skies, in Pingelly, Western Australia.
 * New Mexico Skies Observatory** is owned and operated by Mike and Lynn Rice in Mayhill, New Mexico.

Here are some observatories that New Mexico Skies use.

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New Mexico Skies currently has six separate permanent observatories, as pictured above, plus an assortment of telescopes along with many accessories such as CCD cameras and various guiders.



All of the observatories at New Mexico Skies have permanent telescopes mounted on concrete/steel piers that are solidly attached to bedrock and isolated from the observatory floor. The concrete/steel pier assemblies are truly massive, weighing in at 2-3 tons, and are pinned and bonded directly to bedrock. The steel piers are tuned with sand to be non-resonant. 120-volt ground fault protected power outlets are provided at every pier.

Also there are abandant observatories in New Mexico Skies.

Here is my PPT about New Mexico Skies


 * [[file:ObservationofNewMexicoSkiesObservatories.ppt]]**