Their use of simple building materials and techniques show that you can create a respectable home observatory without breaking the bank. It starts with a footing for the telescope mount.

The original instrument to occupy the dome was the 10.5-inch Bausch telescope, which was installed in the new observatory building in 1953. The 25-foot diameter dome was necessary to encompass the ...

installed in the brand new observatory in 1953. Bausch & Lomb Company gave the University of Colorado a 10.5-inch refractor, formerly the property of Carl L. Bausch. The telescope was designed by ...