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- Welcome to the Chamberlain Observatory website
This is the new website for the Chamberlain Observatory, a private astronomical observatory near Brighton, Illinois Constructed in 2017, it is the first privately funded and owned domed observatory of its kind in the United States
- NGC 1499 California Nebula in Hubble (SHO) Palette : Chamberlain . . .
It is so named because it appears to resemble the outline of the US State of California on long exposure photographs It is almost 2 5° long on the sky and, because of its very low surface brightness, it is extremely difficult to observe visually
- Technologies Used : Chamberlain Observatory
Astro-Tech 14″ Ritchey-Chrétien telescope Skywatcher Esprit 80 ED Triplet APO Refractor Telescope Bisque Paramount ME II Robotic Telescope Mount Moonlite Nitecrawler Focuser Rotator Starizona Micro Touch Autofocuser Optec Pyxis LE Camera Field Rotator ZWO ASI1600 series cooled CMOS cameras ZWO 8-position Electronic Filter Wheel Optolong L-eNhance Dual-Band Filter Starizona Apex ED […]
- M 56 Globular Cluster : Chamberlain Observatory
Image capture and telescope control: Nighttime Imaging ‘N’ Astronomy with (N I N A ) TheSkyX Pro with a SkyShed POD MAX observatory Processed with PixInsight and Photoshop CC 2024
- Optical Train Configurations - Chamberlain Observatory
Current Conditions measured at the Chamberlain Observatory November 29, 2025, 3:45 am 29 8 °F
- Test Allsky - Chamberlain Observatory
Current Conditions measured at the Chamberlain Observatory December 1, 2025, 6:52 pm 23 7 °F
- PrimaLuceLab Eagle 5 XTM Astronomy Image Acquistion Computer
Thanks to its dual LAN ports, 10 USB ports (4 high-speed USB 3 2 ports and 6 USB 2 0 ports), new Inclinometer and Motion Detector sensors, and more powerful WiFi 6 wireless networking, it’s the perfect solution for even the most demanding applications, such as remote telescope observatory control
- About - Chamberlain Observatory
The Chamberlain Observatory is a private observatory built and owned by Dale Chamberlain for the purpose of observing the heavens The observatory was originally established in 2003 with a SkyShed roll off roof observatory
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