The observatory site we are affectionately calling BPL (back parking lot) is our on-site testing ground for the 1m and 0.4m projects. We have an enclosure for each; an aqawan for 0.4m and an Ash dome for our 1m. The first of our 1m network was recently installed and achieved first light on 12 June. The seeing from Santa Barbara was not ideal (about 4") but the attached colour image is still a major achievement. There is a long way to go but congratulations to the team on getting this far!
The image is a 60 second exposure of the globular cluster M13 with blue, visual (green), and red filters (if you want to make your own colour images from data in our archive have a go!).
