Two large roll-off-roof sheds house a variety of Obstech telescopes, and both observatory staffs collaborate closely to ensure maintenance of the telescopes and the site. Planning for my visit ...

About 50 of us gathered at the observatory recently to take in the beauty of the starry sky. The line was long for the domed building that housed the telescope focused on Saturn.

Building a backyard observatory 25 years ago usually meant one of two things: Buy a dome or do it yourself from scratch. A simple “roll-off roof ” observatory was also an alternative. But the ...

The RIT Observatory is located in a small white house at 645 John Street, in the southeastern corner of the RIT campus, near the corner of John Street and Bailey Road.. The Observatory consists of ...

Fort Lewis College physics and engineering professor Charles L. Hakes with the camera-mounted PlaneWave telescope in the campus observatory. The college is preparing for upgrades that will allow ...

The Overnight Telescope Observing Program, or OTOP - which starts at $945 for a single room and reaches up to $1,350 for a double ... There is also a roll-off roof observatory, ...

FGS took the false-color image during a "roll" test, according to a NASA statement about the image. While Webb's near-infrared camera focused on a star dubbed HD147980, the telescope rolled from ...

With the roll-off roof structure open and revealing the sky, Sierra Remote Observatory technician Sam Miller stands next to a telescope Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 near Auberry.

A telescope pedestal sits on a truck ready for departure from the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. How that plan ultimately plays out remains uncertain under the new Maunakea Stewardship ...

This proof-of-principle moment will then trigger the array's full roll-out. By 2028, the SKA will have an effective collecting area of just under 500,000 square metres.

Paul Poncy, the observatory’s program facility lead, oriented a 12.5-inch telescope toward the waxing crescent moon. Its craters were so textured, their nubby indentations appeared within arm ...