<p>I'm making a new website for the folks at MIRA.org, and in a bit of curiosity I found myself wondering if there are observatories that are for-profit organizations. What would they even do?</p>

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2020-11-03T07:40:46.237Z
https://www.itelescope.net/
ProfRob
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2020-11-03T11:24:38.610Z
[slooh.com](https://www.slooh.com/guestDashboard) "Control The Telescopes; Over 800 time slots to reserve per day"
uhoh
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2020-11-03T13:23:46.527Z
https://www.deepskywest.com/ There are lots of these. They have lots of business models.
Wayfaring Stranger
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Are there for-profit observatories?
Benjamin Jex
# Are there for-profit observatories?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-11-03)

I'm making a new website for the folks at MIRA.org, and in a bit of curiosity I found myself wondering if there are observatories that are for-profit organizations. What would they even do?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: https://www.itelescope.net/  
> **username_2**: [slooh.com](https://www.slooh.com/guestDashboard) "Control The Telescopes; Over 800 time slots to reserve per day"  
> **username_3**: https://www.deepskywest.com/ There are lots of these. They have lots of business models.  

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