Amateur Research Platforms, Friendly staff (of Armadillos)
Diego (armadillo) helps supervise a wide range of prototype tools aimed at miniaturized observatory platforms. Despite good cost:benefit ratio few small observatories are able to operate because they are not able to choose high quality site locations or invest in high end control equipment.
This is not a real business, it’s just a hobby setup from someone that builds prototypes for a living extending that out to astronomy. And an armadillo that likes to visit a telescope platform.
I hope my random projects come in handy for others who are trying to see the stars from a challenging environment.

About the Observatory:
- Environment
- Bortle 6.5 / Red Zone / 19.xx mpsas
- No clear view to north/polaris
- Dew point typically 1.5-3c below ambient
- Imaging Equipment
- AT80-EDT, WO FLAT6A reducer/corrector
- ASI 1600mm-pro
- Various mounts
