Observatory Telescopes


CWU has a large collection of small to medium sized telescopes that are used for teaching, outreach, and research purposes.

Telescopes:

 

  • 16-inch Telescope:
    • Portable 16-inch MEADE telescope
  • 10-inch Telescopes:
    • Twelve 10-inch Dobsonian Telescopes, used for the Physics 101 classes
  • 12-inch Telescope:
    • A 12-inch MEADE Telescope used for the RECON Research our campus participates in
  • 14-inch Telescopes:
    • Two 14-inch MEADE Telescopes used for both undergraduate research and in the Physics 201 Operation and Research Techniques for Small Observatories (ORTSO) class
  • 9.25-inch Telescope:
    • Celestron on a portable German Equitorial Mount
  • 4-inch Refractor:
    • Orion Eon ED Apochromatic Refractor
  • 11-inch Telesope:
    • Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph for Astrophotography
  • Coronado Solarmax II 90-mm:
    • Solar telescope for solar viewing

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