Cloudcroft New Mexico Page
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This is a panarama shot of the top of my property at Stars End in New Mexico. This is where I will eventually put a 'warm room', dome, and roll-off roof building. The house will be located down the side of the mountain a bit. |
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This is the view of our valley in Cloudcroft New Mexico. It is just East of Cloudcroft at 7200 feet. Cloudcroft is 9200 feet and gets much more snow with the colder accompanying temperatures. |
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This is a 'zoomed in view' of the other side of the valley. The red roof building is the famous New Mexico Skies astronomy camp. |
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Here is our 2+ acres bordered in red. It is 16 Galaxy Point. The observatory goes on top. We will put the house about 1/3 the way down from the top so we get a great view of the valley. |
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Same as above but with a wider view of the area. |
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This is the spot that our house will go... The name of the development is STARS END. |
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This is the top of the hill where my observatory will be situated. The picture is facing West where our house will be situated farther down the hill so it doesn't interfere with the view. The trees that exceed the horizon will be cleared for totally unobstructed views. |
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This is the Southern view from my observatory site. |
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This is the East view. The view to the North is just as unobstructed. Since the whole area on both sides of the valley are astronomy related communities, lights should not be a problem at all. |
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This is the Sunspot Observatory located about 12 miles South of Cloudcroft |
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This is the large vacuum solar telescope |
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This is looking South to the Apache Point Observatory overlooking White Sands |
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This is just some more solar scopes |
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This is Apache Point Telescope in the back |
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This is the roll off building covering the scope that did the Sloan Digital Sky Survey |
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This is the view West to White sands below |
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This is another view of the Apache Point scope |
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This is White Sands New Mexico |
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It is really cool to see the different things going on here |
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Here is an orchard of Pistachio nut trees at a local winery in Alamogordo |