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Bookmark or Share- Smokey Jack Observatory - Dark Skies of the Wet Mountain ValleyThe Smokey Jack observatory (SJO), located in The Bluff Park at the west end of Main Street across from Cliff Lanes in Westcliffe, For directions using Google Maps, click here. The SJO was formally dedicated on the night of Friday, November 13, 2015, with over 100 people attending.
- Smokey Jack Observatory - Visit Custer County – Westcliffe ...Constructed in 2015 on the southwest corner of Bluff Park at 100 S. Adams Blvd. in Westcliffe, Colo., the SJO boasts a retractable roof and a 14-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope with computer-guided pointing and tracking to view our majestic night sky.
- Dark Skies of the Wet Mountain ValleyFREE public star parties are scheduled from May to October based on current astronomical events. Join us and experience our powerful, state of the art telescope at the Smokey Jack Observatory!
- About — Dark Skies of the Wet Mountain ValleyThe observatory is named in honor of Suzanne B. Jack, known to all as Smokey Jack, the first Dark Skies President. Smokey and Bill Jack owned and operated the Texas Creek Ranch. Smokey loved the beautiful night skies of the Wet Mountain Valley, and she wanted others to be able to admire the Milky Wa.
- Smokey Jack Observatory – Westcliffe, CO | Dark Sky CommunityThe Smokey Jack Observatory in Westcliffe, Colorado is a dark skies observatory complete with retractable roof and a 14-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. The observatory works to preserve, honor, and promote the dark skies of Wet Mountain Valley in Custer County.
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