LAS Meeting – 7 pm Thursday February 19, 2026

Presentation

Setting up Remote Telescopes by Jim Pollock and Dustin Gibson

Summary

Jim Pollock will talk about his initial experiences setting up a Celestron 9.25 inch hyperstar telescope at the Starfront Observatories. 

Starfront Observatories is located in Rockwood, Texas which is in the hill country of Central Texas. It far from any major city lights and has near Bortle 1 skies. It also has fast and reliable internet essential for controlling remote telescopes. They now have over 600 scopes that have been installed since May 2024. 

Dustin Gibson, one of the co-founders of StarFront Observatories,will give presentation about the observatories and operations.

Meeting Location

First Evangelical Lutheran Church

803 Third Avenue

Longmont, CO 80501

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