"It's not a fancy house, but it's a very livable house," Geoff Chester, a longtime public affairs officer for the observatory, told CBS News in 2017. The interior design shifts with each newcomer ...

We had the entire telescope painted,” says Dr. Michael Cushing, the interim director for the Ritter Observatory. “Then this ...

Go up the final staircase to the observatory. When entering the dome, let your eyes adjust to the darkened room. Red lights illuminate the dome interior and final stairway. Climb the metal stairs to ...