Located at 6800 feet elevation on top of the Colorado Plateau in Northern Arizona, the ground breaking has begun on the new observatory at a world class dark sky site. The skies are not only extremely dark, but very transparent and the seeing is sub-arcsecond on most nights. This is the story of the construction of our new Clear Creek Canyon Observatory in Happy Jack, from ground breaking to first light!

Photos of the current set up as of March, 2018:

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Inside view of 8" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph on Pier:

Outside shot showing scope inside: