John’s Observatories, Dark Sites, & Equipment
MPC Code # 838, Dayton & MPC # H66 Yellow Springs Research Stations
I photograph and CCD Image from these 4 primary locations:
1. The Chumack Observatory in Dayton, Ohio
2. MVAS Dark sites at John Bryan State Park Observatory
3. The Chumack Observatories, at JBSPO-Yellow Springs Station in Yellow Springs, Ohio
4. Formerly GRAS,in New Mexico, now “Itelescope” MPC# H06, AREO 1-9 telescopes located across the globe (Isreal, Australia, USA) for 24/7 imaging.
Other sites I’ve imaged from:
UAZ’s Mount Lemmon & Mount Bigalow, Tuscon, AZ (9200 ft.) (7200 ft.)
Mew Mexico Skies, Mayhill, New Mexico (7300 ft.)
Star Hill Inn in Sapello, New Mexico (7200 ft.)
Near Copper Mountain, Colorado. (11,400 Ft.)
The VLA in Soccorro, New Mexico (7500Ft.)
For eclipses and special events, I travel all over the world.
These are some of the many pieces of equipment I use to photograph & CCD Image the night sky. It is also used for nightly measurements of asteroids and comets for the Minor Planet Center. Variable stars are also monitored for the AAVSO.
John Bryan State Park Observatory
John former VP and JBSPO Chairman of the MVAS
This is our primary Dark Sky Site
Homemade Backyard Observatory in Dayton
My first Homemade 16″ Telescope 1989
My backyard 10″ LX200 Telescope + CCD
Observatories remote control room
6″ Takahashi Hyperbolic Astrograph + G-11
12″ F12 reflector in Main Dome at JBSPO
JBSPO & Chumack Observatories Yellow Springs, Ohio
JBSPO open and getting ready for a nights work
My son Ryan and I looking at H-Alpha flares on the Sun
My Total Solar Eclipse Chasers Rig, 1998 Aruba
CCD on the back of an LX200
7″ Meade Apo Refractor, Star Hill Inn, NM
Derek and I with a C14, Star Hill Inn, NM
Dome Flat Fields taken for CCD calibration
G-11 & Wide-angle camera platform in winter
Peltier Merry Go Round & 9″ Refractor
ETX 90 and 35mm slr ready for shooting.
The Chumack Observatories, Yellow Springs Station
New 16″ Steel Fork Mount in 10′ Dome
6″ cave reflector & backyard observatory
JBSPO Dome and roll off roof early 90’s
Backyard observatory in winter
24″ F8 Ritchie at Star Hill Inn, NM
Widefield Setup w/ Canon Digital SLR or QHY CCD
William Optics 66mm APO on a Losmandy G-11 Gemini Mount