“A lot of us have our own telescopes. One of the things we like to do is go out someplace dark and set up our telescopes and look at the sky. When we have a star party, you don't mind deserting your 'scope and going down the hill to see what someone else is looking at.”
“Getting an observatory here had been a goal of the club for 30 years. It's a privilege to be associated with it and to have access to a research-grade telescope.”