I was wondering if anyone have put on paper any perfered types of telescopes to eventually buy for any additional additions to the main building?Does anyone...
I am wondering,do we have an overall manifest of what we put in to the building on a hourly,daily,weekly,monthly,and yearly basis.I feel than instaed of...
Weather permitting, members of the Oklahoma City Astronomy Club will be at the CRO to welcome guests form the genral public to tour our facility and look...
Well, we did it! The CRO is now officially open. I counted about 120 people at the event. The weather even cooperated, and everyone had a great time. Thanks to...
We are ready to go on the 26th. The roll off roof observatory is now operational and the 12" Cassagrain scope from OU is now in stalled. We have some old...
At 3:26pm of May 31st, we had a successful test of our first toilet. Boyd tells me that both men's and women's rooms are now operational, with only the unrinal...
Continual steady progress -- This Saturday morning we installed the septic system. Tank and lateral lines were installed. The indoor wiring is just about...
Work continues almost every weekend now on the interior as we work towards being ready for our May 31st opening date. A small crew of five come out this...
Moving and grooving... The outer shell has been finshed for a couple of weeks now and we are moving on the inside. Today the inside walls were all framed, and...
All four walls are now erect and insulated. Two of the three doors have been installed and there is a crew putting on the roof today. Hopefully that can be...
The building now has the steel frame erected and awaits the addition of the wall and roof panels as well as the insulation. This should all go up next Saturday...
Yesterday a crew of 15 volunteers came out and took care of the main cement pour. The main building, the southern roll off roof observatory, and 3 - 9' x 9'...
Over the past two weekends, our dedicated group of weekend warriors have done a great job in creating the foundation of the building. The footings have been...
Okay folks, it's finally starting to happen. This past week we were informed by the windmill company that we have nothing to be concerned about as far them...
First of all Happy Moon Landing Anniversary to everyone! Quite a bit has been happening in terms of CRO Development that has not been posted here yet. Most of...
Hello group, I am the VP of another astronomy club in S. Florida and am up here attending FAA training. I was looking for a group to join for the 2 months I am...
This Friday night I will be introducing a proposed set of use policies for the CRO. They will not go into effect until everyone has had a chance to look them...
I see that we have a number of new members to this discussion group now. I would like to say hello to everyone, and post a short update on what is going on at...
Dan, do you have an updated layout of phase 1, and the sighting that was done for the pads/personal observatories? I think it would be great if we could update...
Does anyone have any pictures from the day of fencing or the first couple of star parties we hosted out at the ranch? I also wanted to add in this space since...
Has any area of the new Observing Site been set aside for development of personal Observatories? I would be interested in putting a small 10' dome to house a...
Tonight and Tomorrow Night at the CRO... Been a long time since anyone posted here, but that doesn't mean that we have forgotten the ranch. Since our last...
This past weekend, I travelled to Topeka and the surrounding area in the company of Bill Wilburn, Travis Swaim, and Brad Ferguson. We met with Gary Hug of the...
Ya'll considered taking the December meeting up a notch and turning it into a fundraising banquet? Noticed some other clubs nationwide do this sort of thing...