WELCOME to Cherry Mountain Observatory, a fully automated, robotic observatory located outside of Fredericksburg, Texas. Cherry Mountain Observatory is focused on advanced astro-imaging and visual exploration using leading edge technologies and approaches. Our goal is to leverage best-of-breed hardware and software products to maximize data and imaging quality through manual and automated data gathering techniques. We continually research and revise our approaches and methodologies as well as the hardware and software utilized in powering the Cherry Mountain Observatory.

This homepage is dedicated to the images taken from the Hubble Space Telescope, arguably the most important advancement in astronomy since the invention of Galileo’s original telescope almost 500 years ago.

We will be displaying Hubble Space Telescope images on this page each month.
Astronomy Picture of the Day

HubbleSite
out of the ordinary...  out of this world
Stars
A String of 'Cosmic Pearls' Surrounds an Exploding Star Gas Ring Around Supernova 1987A -- Feb. 2, 2000
Globular Cluster M31 G1 Globular Cluster with Multiple Stellar Populations
Infant Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud Light Echoes From Red Supergiant Star V838 Monocerotis
Oxygen-Rich Supernova Remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud Spiral Galaxy M100
Star Cluster NGC 265 Supernova 1987A - Halo for a Vanished Star
Supernova 1994D in Galaxy NGC 4526 Close Up of Ancient, White Dwarf Stars in the Milky Way Galaxy