Welcome to Pie Town - Our little slice of New Mexico Sky

MugenDai Observatory

Insulated roof
Concrete pier with a free floating floor
State-of-the-art infrastructure with local backup
Starlink satellite internet connection
UPS back up to all telescopes as well as critical systems
Dual weather monitoring systems
All sky camera
Coming soon - Seeing Monitor
Internal & External camera monitoring system
Autonomous roof that opens at dusk and closes just before dawn - Adverse weather events aside
Low walls to take advantage of the horizons
Security cameras on site

The Location

Roboscopes have teamed up with AstroPackers in the US to build multiple observatory complexes in Pie Town, New Mexico. This one pictured being our first. Pie Town is one of the darkest locations in the USA at a true Bortle-1 & 2300mtrs above sea level and has become a mecca for remote imaging with its ability to cater for high-end large aperture long focal length scopes that many locations cannot accommodate, as despite their dark sky status, their seeing & transparency just isn't up to the same standard as here.

There are few places you can put your telescope in the Northern Hemisphere that allow you these types of skies, whilst still maintaining a high quality infrastructure and accessibility due to the nature of the USA

Weather

Pie Town is high & dry and has very stable weather patterns, with a single late summer Monsoon season plus a little snow from time to time indicative of higher ground. However, you will get many clear nights usually in excess of 275 per year.

Joint Venture

Daniel is an avid astronomer who isn't just in it for the business side of things, like us, it's a genuine passion, we have known Daniel for many years both a friend and a customer of Roboscopes. We work well together and have the same goals, and we look forward to building many more observatories together in the future that we can make availabe for other people to enjoy the night sky :)

As we have partnered with Daniel, gremlins or foibles can be easily dealt with as we have local boots on ground to keep you collecting data as much as possible!

True Bortle 1 skies
Average 275+ clear nights per year
Seeing is around 1" on average and at times is sub arcsec in the winter
2300 meters above sea level
High low humidity climate, situated above most prevailing weather patterns & atmospheric turbulence
Late summer Monsoon season July-September, allowing less imaging time during this period
Long nights and dark skies even during early/mid summer thanks to our lower latitude