Dome Suite

A suite with its own roll-off observatory. The 14-inch telescope is twenty steps from the bed.

Looking up into a glass dome at night, shown in red light

Sleeps

Sleeps

2

Bed

Bed

King

Window faces

Window faces

Your own roll-off roof

In the room

In the room

14-inch Dobsonian telescope on a pier, star charts, eyepiece case

From, per night

From, per night

$890

The Dome Suite is joined to the small observatory on the east rise. Slide the roof back and the 14-inch Dobsonian is ready on its pier, collimated and cooled to the night air before you arrive.

On your first night a guide spends an hour with you at the eyepiece: how to find things, what to look for, and which objects are best that week. After that the telescope is yours until dawn.

Good for: keen amateurs, anniversaries, anyone who has always wanted to see Saturn’s rings for themselves.

Vellan Mesa

Vellan Mesa

An observatory lodge on a high desert mesa in far West Texas. Five rooms, two domes, no streetlights.

Contact

Ranch Road 1837, Presidio County, Texas. The last 11 miles are gravel.

Every light on this site is red. So is every light at the lodge after dark.

Every light on this site is red. So is every light at the lodge after dark.

© 2026 Vellan Mesa

© 2026 Vellan Mesa

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