La Pine Observatory: April 2014

Taken just after totality began and just before the clouds moved in and obstructed the view for the night.

About La Pine Observatory

It has always been a dream of mine to have a place to store and use my various telescopes. After purchasing an original C8 and a 13 inch Dobsonian telescope, I knew I had to finally build an observatory to put them in.

This is a roll-off roof design. The interior is 8 foot by 8 foot, just barely enough room for my needs at present. There is still some work to be done to make the roll-off roof easier to move (it turned out to be much heavier than I expected...but then, it will not blow off!)

My desire is to produce some good quality images of the night sky and bring awareness to the awesome creativity of God in the starry heavens.

La Pine Observatory

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Another photo of April, 2014 Lunar Eclipse

Monday, April 21, 2014

April, 2014 Lunar Eclipse from my observatory!