Cherry Springs State Park is the closest official dark sky park in the region, located near Coudersport, Pennsylvania. It is ...

Sporting the world’s largest digital camera, the new telescope is poised to help solve some of the universe’s biggest mysteries.

The telescope beneath the dome requires “a dedicated foundation so it’s not subject to the vibrations transmitted by people walking around in the building,” said Gregory La Vardera, an ...

Entrance to the grounds is free. Visitors can hike, gaze at the telescope domes and towers that dot the landscape, and take a look at historic Mount Wilson photos and letters in the Museum.

Domes installed for new observatory Today is a really big day for the observatory construction. As you can see behind me, we have crane on site that will be lifting the two domes that you can see in ...

The domes were originally erected in the 1960s and, according to York University Assistant Professor Elaina Hyde, director of York’s observatory, they were starting to show their age.

The South Florida Science Center recently added a new ten-inch telescope and turned to [Andres Paris] and his brother to replace the hand-cranked dome door system. They turned to an Arduino along w… ...

Additionally, Reno is home to the MacLean Observatory at the Redfield Campus in South Reno. The observatory features twin observing domes with 22-inch and 14-inch telescopes. Research resources for ...