The Palmer Lake Star sits on a 1.5-acre site on Sundance Mountain. The mountainside, which has a 58 percent slope, provides the ideal location to provide maximum exposure for the five-point star. Thirty galvanized steel posts hold the electrical wiring, the 91, 40-watt light bulbs light bulbs, support cables, and connectors. Depending on the terrain, the posts range from 3 feet to 8 feet tall. The star, built over a three month period, was initially designed using surveyor transits and measuring devices. Once complete, it did not appear as a symmetric five-poin