Amateur astronomers often seek permanent observatory installations to improve telescope utility, adhering to the maxim that the most effective instrument is the one frequently used. Historically, ...

MOOSE LAKE -- An observatory dome is a curious machine -- one that appears static but is dynamic when put to use. It's got a giant shutter that raises like an automatic garage door to allow for the ...

In the quaint seaside community of Gloucester, Mass., on Cape Ann, one gray clapboard house stands out from the rest. It has a big white dome rising from the top, with a sliding shutter that opens to ...

Claude Plymate calls his backyard home observatory the clubhouse that he never had as a child. The solar astronomer and his wife, Teresa Bippert-Plymate, ordered the white 10-by-10-foot domed ...