OBSERVATARIUM
SAINT PATRICK, MISSOURI
WEATHER · SKY · DISCOVERY
A place to look up.
Donald Dean Dalton
Memorial Observatarium
Explore the changing weather, find your way among the stars, and share a lasting curiosity about the world above us.
01 / THE ATMOSPHERE
Before you look up.
Explore cloud cover and regional radar with these weather resources.
OBSERVATARIUM
Weather station
Our on-site weather station link will be added here.
02 / THE CELESTIAL SPHERE
What’s above us tonight?
Choose a sky guide, explore constellations, or plan your next evening of observing.
INTERACTIVE PLANETARIUM
Stellarium
Explore the sky with the interactive Stellarium web planetarium.
SKY CHART
Heavens-Above
Open the sky chart using the observatarium’s supplied map location.
03 / AT THE OBSERVATARIUM
Our window on the sky.
PUBLIC VIEW COMING SOON
All Sky camera
A fisheye view from our INDI All Sky camera. Public access is being prepared.
PUBLIC VIEW COMING SOON
Flight tracking
Our local FlightAware receiver will connect this section to aircraft activity above us.
REMOTE OBSERVING · IN PREPARATION
Seestar telescope
Remote observing sessions are planned. Telescope access will appear here when the observing system is ready.
IN LOVING MEMORY
Donald Dean Dalton
July 26, 1934 – July 23, 1988
This observatarium is dedicated to the memory of Donald Dean Dalton. His name lives on here, in a place for looking upward, exploring, and sharing the sky.
Photographs from the family collection preserve moments of astronomy and life together. More of Donald’s story will be added here.
Keep looking up.
Donald Dean Dalton Memorial Observatarium · Saint Patrick, Missouri, USA
External sky and weather resources open in a new tab. Live observatory feeds and remote observing access are being prepared.