{"id":1259,"date":"2026-06-19T00:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T00:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/?p=1259"},"modified":"2026-06-19T00:54:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T00:54:22","slug":"nano-dome-mini-observatory-for-citizen-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/?p=1259","title":{"rendered":"NANO DOME &#8211; 3D Printed Mini observatory for Citizen Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Golden Ears Observatory has a new portable smart telescope setup. <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude42\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t4c\/1\/16\/1f642.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It uses the ZWO Seestar S30 Pro smart telescope to carry out autonomous follow-up observations of bright asteroids for the Minor Planet Center, and some astrophotography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To support continuous night-to-night observing during good weather, we also built a small 3D-printed clamshell observatory called the Nano Dome. It helps keep the setup together between sessions, so we don\u2019t have to break everything down and start again each night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For anyone interested in building their own 3D-printable dome, the files are available here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buymeacoffee.com\/5nja3nwppq\/extras\">https:\/\/buymeacoffee.com\/5nja3nwppq\/extras<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260419_2211242921-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260419_2211242921-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260419_2211242921-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260419_2211242921-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260419_2211242921-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260419_2211242921-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260419_2212464451-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260419_2212464451-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260419_2212464451-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260419_2212464451-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260419_2212464451-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260419_2212464451-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260419_2212464451.jpg 1377w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"957\" height=\"933\" src=\"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NanoDome_Dimensions.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NanoDome_Dimensions.jpg 957w, https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NanoDome_Dimensions-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NanoDome_Dimensions-768x749.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/703687979_1573706004482010_1899110370099529797_n-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/703687979_1573706004482010_1899110370099529797_n-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/703687979_1573706004482010_1899110370099529797_n-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/703687979_1573706004482010_1899110370099529797_n-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/703687979_1573706004482010_1899110370099529797_n.jpg 1259w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golden Ears Observatory has a new portable smart telescope setup. It uses the ZWO Seestar S30 Pro smart telescope to carry out autonomous follow-up observations of bright asteroids for the Minor Planet Center, and some astrophotography. To support continuous night-to-night observing during good weather, we also built a small 3D-printed clamshell observatory called the Nano [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1259"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1269,"href":"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259\/revisions\/1269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interstellargalactic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}