We have officially begun construction of our fourth observatory platform to be designated LB-0003. This observatory will be located at our main site in Rodeo, NM and will house a Takahashi TOA-150 on a Software Bisque Paramount ME. With three world-class deep sky instruments already in our inventory, we felt it was important to bring online a wide-field instrument as well. And, nothing fits the bill better than the 150mm triple-flourite ortho apochromat from Takahashi!

The main supporting structure for the observatory is now in place and the 14', 18" diameter pier was recently poured. The pier will take about 3-4 weeks to set up, which is perfect as we are still waiting to take delivery of the 12' AstroHaven dome that will keep everything protected from the elements.

If all goes as planned (it never does), we should have our first wide-field instrument online and ready for you to use by early to mid-June. You'll want to get on this telescope quickly though, we will be approaching the southwestern United States monsoon season that begins in mid-July which will make using any of our instruments in New Mexico very difficult through mid to late September.