Here my fellow amateur astronomer, Erwin van den Heuvel and I placed our equipment in mid September 2012; a Paramount Mount ME and a 12" newton with SBIG ST-8300 camera. See http://www.astrocamp.es

All sky camera.

The area is seen left. The white buildings belong to Astrocamp. It's on 1650m above sealevel and some 8 km and a half hour drive fom the pittoresque Nerpio. The co-ordinates are about 2 degrees West and 38 degrees North.

Erwin overlooking the landscape, after a night of working hard. Next a wide angle panorama.

just before runrise; can you spot Venus well above the trees?

above:

Some impressions of the night sky and compound of Astrocamp at Nerpio; except for the first two, the pictures were made by a Canon 40D, equipped with an 11-16mm lens (Tokina). The milky way could be seen from horizon to horizon.

The rise of the impressive constellation Orion, half an hour or so before sunrise, then a picture closer to sunrise, And also the milky way overhead, several exposures of 40 sec in RAW, stacked in Pixinsight. The red North America nebela is obvious in the middle of the picture. It could be seen with the naked eye at the Astrocamp! The galaxy on top is the Andromeda nebula.

Is remote astrophotography more fun than in your backyard? Yes and no, it's very different. Playing around with the pc and have great results is great fun. However i will miss the night sky and its serenity and the owl!

However, think of it, how often could i image in the Netherlands?

Ready to roll! My wife Cocky, the friendly and capable technician Ricardo of Astrocamp and astro-friend Erwin.

a few modest results, just to proof that it works remotely: M11, M52 and bubble nebula, the Pelican nebula and part of the North America nebula (NGC7000); NGC7000 has been taken in red light under a full moon and should be redone in H-alpha