Full use of the observatory will have to wait another couple of weeks. Next week, we will be laying a concrete pad for the observatory to sit on. I really should have done that beforehand but thought the floor would be ok on the ground. As it turned out, the ground isn't level enough so the floor flexes which isn't good for pointing accuracy. T-Point did a good job of correcting for the errors, so with a solid floor the pointing accruacy should be awesome!

On an exciting note, the AAVSO has been kind enough to send me a SSP-4 infrared photometer for long-term use. I am extremely excited about participating in this program. A big THANK YOU goes out to Dr. Arne Henden, director of the AAVSO, for loaning me the SSP-4.

With any luck (and weather permitting), the Hermitage Observatory will be up and running at full speed by the end of December doing both PEP V as well as PEP infrared observations for the AAVSO. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that things will go smoothly.