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Palantir II
New OpenSkygems
Palantir II
astrophotography
  • Scope: GSO 303mm F4 Newtonian 303mm, focal 1382mm
  • Mount: Paramount MyT
  • Camera: QHY 268M
  • Filters: Luminance,Red,Green,Blue,Ha,OIII,SII
  • FOV: 57.5' × 38.4'
  • Location: Spain
  • MPC:
  • Seeing: Usually around 1.8" FWHM, range: 1.5" to 2.6"
  • SQM: Usually around 21.7
  • Limiting Alt: Around 28 degrees all round
30 Pts/hr
Tecnosky AG70
New
Tecnosky AG70
astrophotography
  • Scope: Tecnosky AG70 350mm fl 70mm, focal 350mm
  • Mount: iOptron HEC27
  • Camera: ASI 2400Pro MC (OSC)
  • Filters: OSC,Dark,ALP-T
  • FOV: 5° 54' × 3° 55'
  • Location: Namibia
  • MPC:
  • Seeing: Usually around 1.5" FWHM, range: 1.1" to 2.2"
  • SQM: Down to 22 (!)
  • Limiting Alt: Variable between 15° and 22°
20 Pts/hr
Chile RC16
New OpenSkygems Archived
Chile RC16
astrophotography
  • Scope: 16" RCOS Ion Milled optics 400mm, focal 3728mm
  • Mount: AstroPhysics 1600AE
  • Camera: QHY 600M
  • Filters: l,r,g,b,s,h,o
  • FOV: 33.2' × 22.2'
  • Location: Chile
  • MPC:
  • Seeing: Average under 1"
  • SQM: Usually around 22
  • Limiting Alt: Mostly down to 20 degrees
60 Pts/hr
AstroAle
New OpenSkygems
AstroAle
astrophotography
  • Scope: Tecnosky Apo SLD 140/910 R.d. focal 837mm f5,98 140mm, focal 835mm
  • Mount: 10micron 1000Hps
  • Camera: Qhy268M
  • Filters: L,R,G,B,Ha,S2,O3
  • FOV: 3° 11' × 2° 8'
  • Location: Italia
  • MPC:
  • Seeing: Usually around 1.8" FWHM, range: 1.5" to 2.6"
  • SQM: Usually around 21
  • Limiting Alt: Variable between 25° and 35°
30 Pts/hr
FSQ106 Namibia
New
FSQ106 Namibia
astrophotography
  • Scope: Takahashi FSQ106 ED 106mm, focal 530mm
  • Mount: ASA DDM60Pro
  • Camera: Moravian C3-61000, Antlia LRGB, 2.5nm narrowband + O-III Chroma 3nm
  • Filters: Luminance,Red,Green,Blue,S-II,Ha,O-III,BaaderIRPass685nm,Anti-HaloUV-IR-Cut
  • FOV: 3° 54' × 2° 38'
  • Location: Namibia
  • MPC: L81
  • Seeing: Usually around 1.5" FWHM, range: 1.1" to 2.2"
  • SQM: Down to 22 (!)
  • Limiting Alt: Variable between 15° and 22°
30 Pts/hr
Hakos TI450
New PRO OpenSkygems Archived
Hakos TI450
astrophotography exoplanets
  • Scope: 18" Telescopi Italiani TI450 f4 450mm, focal 1800mm
  • Mount: Planewave L-500
  • Camera: Moravian C5-100A CMOS, Baader and Chroma (narrowband) filters
  • Filters: Luminance,Red,Green,Blue,Ha,O3,S2
  • FOV: 1° 23' × 1° 2'
  • Location: Namibia
  • MPC: L81
  • Seeing: Usually around 1.5" FWHM, range: 1.1" to 2.2"
  • SQM: Down to 22 (!)
  • Limiting Alt: Variable between 15° and 22°
65 Pts/hr
Chopin Obsevatory
New OpenSkygems
Chopin Obsevatory
astrophotography
  • Scope: Stellarvue 80mm Triplet 80mm, focal 480mm
  • Mount: Ioptron CEM60
  • Camera: PlayerOne Poseidon-C Pro
  • Filters: ** BayerMatrix **
  • FOV: 2° 48' × 1° 52'
  • Location: U.S. Texas
  • MPC:
  • Seeing: Usually seeing is around 1.5 to 1.9
  • SQM: Usually around 22
  • Limiting Alt: 360 degree horizon but not below 20 degrees
30 Pts/hr

Locations

Our Global Network

Gallery

Example Images

Real results captured by our network of remote telescopes.

NGC 6357 LRGB
Finished image of NGC 6357, LRGB from our iDK 20" scope in Namibia
Swan Nebula narrowband
Quick test of the Swan Nebula in narrowband from our iDK 20" scope in Namibia
Light curve plot
Light curve of LINEAR 11337303 variable star
NGC 253
NGC 253 taken by Chris Lin, from our iDK 20" scope in Namibia
Pelican Nebula
Pelican Nebula by M. Petrasko, M. Evenden, U. Mishra (Dream Astrograph, New Mexico)

Why Skygems

Features

Fully Automated

The observatories are heavily automated to use the nights as effectively as possible. Simply insert the targets you want imaged, and the system chooses the ideal moment to gather your data.

Perfect Locations

Our remote telescopes sit in some of the darkest, most pristine locations on Earth. In Namibia alone we enjoy over 300 clear nights per year with exceptional seeing.

Competitive Costs

We are hobby astronomers sharing equipment to cover running costs — not to make profit. Our costs are way lower than other offers on the net.

Live Feed

Latest Preview Images

Uncalibrated previews captured the last few days by our internet-controlled telescopes.

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60 secs, Luminance — Skygems RC16
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300 secs, Default — Chopin Obsevatory
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180 secs, Ha — Hakos TI450
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300 secs, Green — Skygems RC16
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300 secs, Lum — Deep Elite Observatory
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600 secs, Ha — Artec 200 E
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300 secs, Luminance — Hakos H8 2.8
Preview image
300 secs, Default — Chopin Obsevatory

Pricing

Price

We do want to give everybody the possibility to use these professional-grade systems.

Lukas Demetz, hobby astronomer

Rates are per hour of observatory usage, calculated to per-second accuracy. The usage begins when the camera opens the shutter for your frame and ends when it closes — you pay only for exposure time. Nothing for focusing, nothing for slewing.

We will adapt the rates in the coming months. These are our Default prices, which stay in effect for those subscribing now.

These rates apply for our Default. Smaller scopes have lower rates. For fixed-time requests we charge an additional 30%.

Moon Illumination Hourly Rate
0% 65 €
25% 57.69 €
50% 50.38 €
75% 43.06 €
100% 35.75 €

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operated by Hotel Interski di Demetz Lukas e Co SNC
Cisles 51
39047 Santa Cristina BZ
Italy

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