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Pictured here are the four Ash-Domes which serve as the workhorses of the astronomy program. The majority of observation is done from within these domes. They are outfitted according to the needs of observing run and are verstatile enough to house multiple telescopes and observation tools. These four domes have rotating roofs and retractable slits for a 360º view of the sky.
Ah... there's Lowell Observatory and dome five. Lowell houses our refractor telescope (FC125) and dome five will house the 0.7 meter alumni telescope.
Here's the lineup of domes; from foreground to background, Dome 2, Dome 3, Lowell, Dome 5.
A closeup of dome two, which houses a reflecting telescope.
A closeup of dome three, which houses a telescope similar to the one in dome two.
From a distance, dome three taking pictures of the sun.
Here's Lowell again.
Here's dome five again.
The observatory is also home to the SCOLA satellites which bring in multilingual television for the foreign language department.
This is "dome" one; it will act as the computer center for the 0.7 meter alumni telescope when it arrives, but meanwhile, it's just the home of the machine shop and some computers. - Aloha, thanks for taking the tour. |
