Our Observatories

We offer both live and virtual events through our website. Live events will include scheduled star parties and public events and will be listed on our website.

Virtual events will include live video broadcasts through telescopes in remote mobile and stationary observatories located in dark sky areas of Northern California.

  • Star Chaser'z Observatory in Red Bluff, California

Telescopes:

A Celestron Edge 14” SCT equipped with a Starizona HyperStar f/2 focal reducer coupled to a Mallincam DS26c/TEC camera mounted on a Plane Wave L350 mount.

A full-thickness 20” f/5 Obsession Dobsonian coupled to a Mallincam SkyRaider camera and sitting on a dual axis Osypowski equatorial platform.

A fork mounted Celestron Edge 11” SCT on a Star Chaserz Dual Axis Adjustable Wedge sitting on Star Chaserz Astrolift Pedestal lift.  The scope is equipped with a Starizona HyperStar f/2 focal reducer coupled to a Mallincam SkyRaider camera.

  • Dye Creek Preserve Observatory in Los Molinos, California

A Dark Sky designated site where our remote observatory is located.

Telescopes:

A fork mounted Celestron Edge 11” SCT on a Star Chaserz Dual Axis Adjustable Mobile Wedge sitting on a Star Chaserz Astrolift Low Profile lift. The scope is equipped with a Starizona HyperStar f/2 reducer attached to a Mallincam DS26c/TEC camera.

  • Star Chaserz' Mobile Observatory

Shown here is our original Mobile Observatory as featured in Sky and Telescope. The 2004 GMC Envoy XUV comes with a separate cargo bay and a fully-retractable roof.  It has been customized with three heavy jacks for stabilizing and leveling and houses a computerized 14” Meade 200X SCT GPS telescope reconfigured with a Starizona HyperStar F/2 reducing lens. The scope is coupled with a quality video astrocamera, whoes images are viewed on a large flatscreen monitor on the side of the vehicle, or are uploaded to our website to be to be streamed over the internet.

 

Featured telescopes at our Star Chaserz’ Observatory in Red Bluff, CA:

A Celestron Edge 14” SCT equipped with a Starizona HyperStar f/2 focal reducer coupled to a Mallincam DS26, camera mounted on a Plane Wave L350 mount.

A full – thickness 20” f/5 Obsession Dobsonian coupled to a Mallincam SkyRaider camer a and sitting on a dual axis Osopowski equatorial platform attached to a Mallincam SkyRaider camera.

 

A fork mounted Celestron Edge 11” SCT on a Starchaserz Dual Axis Adjustable Wedge sitting on Starchaserz Astrolift Pedestal lift. The scope is equipped with a Starizona HyperStar f/2 focal reducer attached to a Mallincam SkyRaider camera.

Dye Creek Preserve Observatory in Los Molinos, Ca:

Telescope: A fork mounted Celestron Edge 11” SCT on a Starchaserz Dual Axis Adjustable Mobile Wedge sitting on a Starchaserz Astrolift Low Profile lift. The scope is equipped with a Starizona HyperStar f/2 reducer attached to a Mallincam DS26 camera.

Dye Creek Preserve Observatory in Los Molinos, Ca:

Telescope: A fork mounted Celestron Edge 11” SCT on a Starchaserz Dual Axis Adjustable Mobile Wedge sitting on a Starchaserz Astrolift Low Profile lift. The scope is equipped with a Starizona HyperStar f/2 reducer attached to a Mallincam DS26 camera.