Live from the night sky
Watch our student-built telescope point at the cosmos in real time. Tracking, exposures, sky conditions — all streamed straight from our backyard observatory. Coming soon.
Live view is offline until First Light
The telescope is being built right now. Live view activates the night we capture first light — currently targeting August 2026.
What you'll see
Three things make the live view actually worth watching, instead of being a glorified webcam.
Real-time tracking
See exactly where the telescope is pointing — RA, Dec, altitude, and azimuth, updated every second.
Live image stacking
Watch faint galaxies and nebulae emerge frame-by-frame as exposures stack in your browser.
Sky conditions overlay
Cloud cover, seeing, and the Bortle sky brightness for our Mountain View site — so you know what to expect.
How it works
From request to image, four steps — most happen while you sleep.
- 01
Submit a target
Pick from a curated list of galaxies, nebulae, planets, and clusters — or paste in coordinates.
- 02
Telescope queues it
Our scheduler sorts requests by sky position, magnitude, and what's actually overhead tonight.
- 03
Captures overnight
Long-exposure frames stack on top of each other while you sleep — no light pollution, no clouds, no fuss.
- 04
Image lands in your inbox
A high-resolution PNG (and the raw FITS frames, if you want them) emailed to you the next morning.
Notify me when it's live
One email, the night the telescope captures first light. No newsletter, no spam — promise.