With a little help from their friends [Jeff Fisher] and his dad built this observatory in their back ... were stick built and a carefully crafted dome was assembled and hefted in place by this ...

Amateur astrophotographer Dr. Michele Hernandez Baylisshas captured incredible views of the Croc's Eye and Whirlpool galaxies ...

Mehmet Ergün, a dedicated astronomy enthusiast, has built his very own observatory in the backyard of his new home ... By purchasing a second-hand dome, he was able to cut costs significantly ...

Hernandez Bayliss was a long time visual astronomer before taking up astrophotography fairly recently, and has spent the last two years building a backyard observatory at her home in Weybridge ...