This website will go offline in April 2025, but will still be viewable at a new address: morningstarobs.weebly.com.
The original Morning Star Observatory was dismantled in 2017 and is no more. But a new observatory at a new location, with a new name, and a new website, is currently being constructed and should be up and running by Spring 2025. The new website is in the works because this free one is too limited and I got a better deal for a paid site from a different hosting service. The new site is albireo-observatory.space.
The original Morning Star observatory was built in 2009 in Virginia and was an 8' diameter Exploradome with a small warm room attached to the main structure. It housed a Celestron C-11 and an Astro-Tech AT6RC astrograph with one of several CCD cameras. It was dismantled in 2017 when I retired and moved to West Virginia.
Preparing to lift the dome over some shrubs on the way to the trailer. Thankfully lots of help showed up, including several guys from the local VFD.

Ever see the movie Caveman with Ringo Starr, Dennis Quaid, Barbara Bach and Shelley Long? The egg scene...

Because of the time, labor and money involved in operating two domes I will probably sell this one rather than reuse it at the new site.
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