The telescopes in the observatory operate fully automatically, with three computers controlling their functions and the building itself. These telescopes are capable of running throughout the night without requiring human intervention, enabling the acquisition of vast amounts of exposure time with ease. Most of the deep sky photographs featured on this site have an exposure time ranging from 20 to 40 hours, and the longest projects may contain upwards of 60 hours of integration time. Currently, the observatory houses two telescopes: a 100mm apochromatic refractor and a 200mm Newtonian reflector belonging to a fellow astrophotographer Erik Pirtala.