Stansbury Park Observatory Complex (SPOC)

  
Image above was taken 17 JUN 2017
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Images above were taken 19 SEP 2009
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Images above were taken 22 SEP 2005
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Harmons Observatory

Inception Through Preparing the Floor
Fall 1999 to 23 MAR 2001

Pouring and Finishing the Floor
24 MAR 2001 to 26 MAR 2001

Redoing Parts of the Floor After Groundheave
22 FEB 2002 to 06 MAR 2002

Putting Up the Walls
27 MAR 2001 to 27 AUG 2001  27 AUG 2001 to 15 SEP 2001

Building the Roof
03 SEP 2001 to 11 OCT 2001  12 OCT 2001 to 22 NOV 2001  07 JAN 2002 to 25 APR 2002

Interior Work
14 AUG 2001 to 13 JUN 2019

Exterior Work
17 OCT 2001 to 25 FEB 2002  26 FEB 2002 to 06 JUN 2018

Building Dedication & Official Opening
16 APR 2005

The Ealing 40 cm (16") Reflector
JUL 2000 to 15 SEP 2002

The Grim 81 cm (32") Reflector
(Formerly known as the "Big Scope")
NOV 2000 to FEB 2002   FEB 2002 to DEC 2004
03 DEC 2004 to 04 MAR 2005   11 NOV 2006 to 05 MAR 2012


 
 
  Donna Pease Wiggins Refractor House
 
Inception Through Pouring the Floor
12 OCT 2002 to 24 JUN 2004

Putting Up the Walls & Doors
04 JUL 2005 to 16 SEP 2005

Putting Up the Roof & Dome
22 JUL 2005 to 31 AUG 2005   03 to 17 SEP 2005   17 SEP 2005 to 07 OCT 2005

Interior Work
09 AUG 2005 to 18 MAR 2017

Exterior Work
12 OCT 2005 to 15 APR 2022

Building Dedication & Official Opening
05 AUG 2006

The Clark/Brandt 200 mm Refractor
03 JUL 1989 to 11 OCT 2005  11 OCT 2005 to 05 AUG 2006

Refractor Dedicated and Renamed the Andrew "Andy" Bogdan Refractor
24 JUL & 05 AUG 2006

 
 
  Kolob Building
 
 Inception Through Pouring the Walls
16 FEB 2016 to 28 APR 2017

Pouring the Floor, Telescope Pad and Sidewalk
30 APR 2017 to 06 MAY 2017

Installing the Roof, Doors, Interior & Exterior
09 MAY 2017 to 25 SEP 2020

Grand Opening
22 JUL 2017

The Clements 1.8m Reflector
25 FEB 2016 to 08 JUL 2017

Stripping & Re-Coating the Optics
25 JUN & 09 JUL 2019

 
 

Siegfried Jachmann Memorial Refractor
27 NOV 2018 to 17 DEC 2018



SPOC: The Early Years, 1976-1983

Moving the SPOC Dome to Temporary Storage
  01 JUL 2002 to  08 SEP 2002


SPOC cleanups

20 SEP 2014

16 APR 2016

15 JUL 2017

21 APR 2018

13 APR 2019