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Request a target

Tell our telescope what to capture for you. Pick a galaxy, a nebula, a planet — we'll point the optics at it and email you the image.

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Request queue opens at First Light

Currently targeting August 2026. You can preview the request flow below — the submit button unlocks automatically the night of first light.

Build your request

Try it out — type a target name, pick from suggestions, see the preview card. The submit button activates when the telescope goes online.

Submissions open when the telescope goes online. Drop your email below and we'll let you know.

What we can capture

A 10-inch f/4.48 Dobsonian gathers enough light for the whole Messier catalog, all eight planets, and most of the brighter NGC objects. Here's the rough menu.

The full Moon photographed by NASANASA

Moon & planets

Lunar craters and rilles, Jupiter's cloud bands and moons, Saturn's rings, Mars at opposition.

NASA Spitzer infrared image of a star-forming nebulaStar-forming nebula — NASA / Spitzer

Bright nebulae & clusters

Star-forming regions, planetary nebulae, supernova remnants, open and globular clusters.

GALEX/Spitzer composite image of the Andromeda GalaxyNASA / JPL

Galaxies

Andromeda, the Whirlpool, the Sombrero, and dozens more — anything down to about magnitude 12.

Notify me when submissions open

One email when the request queue goes live. No marketing, no follow-ups — you tell us your target, we point the telescope.

Questions