Dark skies and plenty of time...

Out in our neck of the woods, the nights are as dark and clear as you'll find in California. This makes for amazing opportunities for astronomy, sky gazing, and even the occasional star party. Our place also happens to be the perfect place for a larger observatory with a serious size telescope. This blog is here simply to chronicle the planning and building of Sage Observatory. We've come a long way in building it already, but there's still much to do. A short recap: As of May 1, 2010 the building itself is up, the dome is in place and covered, the piers for the scope are in place, and the track for the dome rotation system is tacked in place. Keep watching for a history of the blog up till now. Until then, here's Sage as it stands...