The Rankin Science Observatory Telescope

Rankin Science Observatory

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Page updated August 14, 2002

 16-inch dimaeter telescope

The Rankin Science Observatory (RSO) houses a 16-inch diameter Ritchey-Chretien design telescope, manufactured by DFM Engineering, and installed in August of 2002. This replaced a Celestron-14.

The telescope is equipped with an automated filter wheel made by DFM, and CCD cameras and spectrographs made by SBIG.