PEORIA, Ill. (AP) -- From the garage attic roof that opens in several places to accommodate large telescopes to the elaborate train display and children's play area in the basement, Lon Furness has ...

Claude Plymate calls his backyard home observatory the clubhouse that he never had as a child. The solar astronomer and his wife, Teresa Bippert-Plymate, ordered the white 10-by-10-foot domed ...

Regardless of their interest in astronomy, visitors to Chris Krstanovic's home want to look through his telescope. Krstanovic recently built an observatory at his house in Windham, N.H. Before he ...

The New Year’s Day sunrise event at Kuchu Teien Observatory is limited to 250 people – tickets go on sale December 12 ...