lightbuckets pointswith lightbuckets you pay for observatory time using points . generally speaking each point costs one dollar . we use points as our currency because they are easier to manage on a day to day basis rather than dollars and cents . you can get additional discounts by buying points in bulk . at the highest bulk point purchase discount of ten percent your effective cost of a point will be just ninety cents . lightbuckets points imagingplans run monitoring yourdata news for sep 01 2014 new lower prices on every telescopes news for jan 24 2014 hyperion lb0001 now available news for mar 07 2013 new fli ccd cameras commissioning news for sep 20 2012 practice mode now open select the observatory you would like to use for imaging . you can click on the left and right more details arrows to get additional information about a particular observatory including telescope and camera specifications weather and seeing charts and the all sky camera . you will notice that the observatory location instrument and points per hour are listed at the top of each observatory panel . the observatory status is shown in the bottom left hand corner of each observatory panel . when you are ready to pick your observatory click on the select button in the bottom right corner of each observatory panel . the lightbuckets telescope network lb 0001 france south alpen820 mm 33 cassegrain nasmyth 120 points per hour observatory is offline for daylight general information latitude44 24 30 north longitude05 30 54 east elevation820m applicationdeep fields & research telescopeastelcohyperion 820 mm currentlyoffline doing exoplanet transit per hour120 points 0 % discount weathern a telescope specifications date onlinejuly 2012 manufacturerastelco designcassegrain nasmyth modelhyperion 820 mm aperture820 mm focal length4680 mm f stopf 5.7 horizon cutoff5 applicationdeep fields & research camera specifications ccd manufacturerfli modelpl230 resolution2048 x 2064 pixel size15 x 15 qe 96 % 550nm megapixels4 .2 megapixels field of view20 x 20 arcminutes image scale0 .32 arcseconds pixel carousel size12 position w 50 mm round filter setlrgb bb nir ic v ha s2 o3 n2 3nm current weather and almanac temperature64 .8 f 18.2 c humidity54 .0 % dew point47 .5 f 8.6 c wind speed1 .4 mph 2.3 km h sunrise08 14 sunset17 05 moonrise21 39 moonset10 36 moon phase85 % waning gibbous last update2014 06 08 22 23 15 utc hyperion allsky cam hyperion outside cam hyperion inside cam hyperion telescope view weather forecast last image last color image offline more details select lb 0002 france south alpen430 mm 17 dall kirkham 50 points per hour observatory is offline for daylight general information latitude44 24 31 north longitude05 30 54 east elevation820 m applicationdeep space telescopeplanewavecdk 17 currentlyoffline doing exoplanet transit per hour50 points 0 % discount weathern a telescope specifications date onlineseptember 2011 manufacturerplanewave designdall kirkham modelcdk 17 aperture430 mm focal length1960 mm f stopf 4.56 horizon cutoff25 applicationdeep space camera specifications ccd manufacturersbig modelstl 11k resolution4008 x 2672 pixels pixel size9 microns qe50 % megapixels11 megapixels field of view63 x 42 arcminutes image scale0 .95 arcseconds pixel carousel size5 positions with 50 mm round filter setastrodon lrgbc current weather and almanac temperature40 .8 f 4.9 c humidity63 .0 % dew point29 .1 f 1.6 c wind speed2 .5 mph 4.0 km h sunrise08 14 sunset17 05 moonrise21 39 moonset10 36 moon phase85 % waning gibbous last update2015 02 22 15 41 04 utc all sky camera observatory camera inside view radar infrared radar sky quality meter seeing monitor sky clouds sensor wind at observatory weather forecast night and day last image last color image offline more details select lb 0003 france south alpen110 mm apo 4.3 ed doublet 30 points per hour observatory is offline for daylight general information latitude44 24 31 north longitude05 30 54 east elevation820m applicationwide fields telescopewilliams opticsflt apochromat currentlyoffline doing exoplanet transit per hour30 points 0 % discount weathern a telescope specifications date onlineoctober 2011 manufacturerwilliams optics designed doublet modelflt apochromat aperture110 mm focal length655 mm f stopf 5.96 horizon cutoff45 applicationwide fields camera specifications ccd manufacturersbig modelst8xme nabg resolution1530 x 1020 pixel size9 x 9 qe 60 % 550nm megapixels1 .5 megapixels field of view72 x 48 arcminutes image scale2 .83 arcseconds pixel carousel size5 position w 30mm round filter setastrodon l ha sii oiii 6nm v cousins current weather and almanac temperature32 .0 f 0.0 c humidity0 .0 % dew point32 .0 f 0.0 c wind speed0 .0 mph 0.0 km h sunrise08 14 sunset17 05 moonrise21 39 moonset10 36 moon phase85 % waning gibbous last update2015 03 06 14 37 43 utc all sky camera observatory camera inside view radar infrared radar sky quality meter seeing monitor weather forecast sky clouds sensor wind speeds night and day last image last color image offline more details select lb 0004 france south alpen175 mm apo 7 apochromat 50 points per hour observatory is offline for daylight general information latitude44 24 31 north longitude05 30 54 east elevation820 m applicationmid fields telescopetmbfluorite triplet 7 currentlyoffline beeing decomissionned per hour50 points 0 % discount weathern a telescope specifications date onlineoctober 2011 manufacturertmb designapochromat modelfluorite triplet 7 aperture175 mm focal length1400 mm f stopf 8 horizon cutoff30 applicationmid fields camera specifications ccd manufacturerfinger lakes instrument modelmicroline resolution3326 x 2504 pixels pixel size5 .4 x 5.4 qe61 % 550nm megapixels8 .3 megapixels field of view45 x 35 arcminutes image scale1 .4 arcseconds pixel carousel size7 positions with 50 mm round filter setastrodon lrgb ha sii oiii 7nm current weather and almanac temperature46 .9 f 8.3 c humidity46 .0 % dew point27 .3 f 2.6 c wind speed2 .5 mph 4.0 km h sunrise08 14 sunset17 05 moonrise21 39 moonset10 36 moon phase85 % waning gibbous last update2015 02 01 10 13 49 utc all sky camera observatory camera inside view mount view south alpen radar south alpen infrared radar sky quality meter seeing monitor weather forecast sky clouds sensor night and day last image last color image offline more details select lb 0005 france south alpen305 mm 12 newton 60 points per hour observatory is offline for daylight general information latitude44 24 31 north longitude05 30 54 east elevation810m applicationwide fields telescopeasa orion opticsasa 12 inches currentlyoffline doing exoplanet transit per hour60 points 0 % discount weatherclear wind telescope specifications date onlineapril 2012 manufacturerasa orion optics designnewton modelasa 12 inches aperture305 mm focal length1086 mm f stopf 3.62 horizon cutoff35 applicationwide fields camera specifications ccd manufacturerfinger lakes instruments modelmicroline resolution3326 x 2504 pixel size5 .4 x 5.4 qe61 % 550nm megapixels8 .3 megapixels field of view56 x 42 arcminutes image scale1 arcseconds pixel carousel size7 positions w 30mm round filter setbaader l r g b ha 7nm sii 8nm oiii 8nm current weather and almanac temperature32 .0 f 0.0 c humidity0 .0 % dew point32 .0 f 0.0 c wind speed0 .0 mph 0.0 km h sunrise05 47 sunset19 34 moonrise13 15 moonset23 28 moon phase52 % first quarter moon last update2015 02 14 0 14 43 utc allsky cam telescope view visible sat view weather forecast night and day last image last color image offline more details select lightbuckets.com research center the lightbuckets website uses only the best instruments software and services from these respected industry partners apogee asa astelco astrodon dc 3 dreams diffraction limited fli planewave rcos sbig software bisque tmb optical