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Technical
Optical system ZEISS : Model-V
Digital system SPITZ : SciDome
Software: Starry Night
Video system Sony : Laser
Video Lens: 1+1 cove
Meridian resolution 4.0 K
Facilities
Other: Apollo 6 command module
Observatory Ralph L. Buice, Jr Observatory: 10m. dome on the roof: 0.944mm Cassegrain
Operation
History
- December 3, 1967: 21.34m/500s/Zeiss IV
- June 1968: Zeiss IV upgraded to V
- 2012: threats of closure
- 2016: Digital
- Summer 2024: upgrade planned (software, projectors, computer, $2.1million)
Last major evolution: 2016: Digital
Comments
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Latitude: 33°46'42" N -
Longitude: 84°19'05" W -
Altitude: 319m
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