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The main telescope is a PlaneWave CDK17 Dall-Kirkham corrected optical design telescope. The scope is mounted on a PlaneWave ascension 200HR German equatorial mount, which itself sits on a pier that is secured to the concrete roof structure. Piggybacked on the CDK17 is a TeleVue 102 refractor telescope. Focal length of the CDK17 is 2939mm (f/6.8); the refractor is 880mm (f8.6).

The dome is a 16.5 foot ASH Dome, with a custom designed interface installed for computer control. We also have several portable Schmidt-Cassegrain reflectors and refractors (2" to 10", including a Meade LX-200) that are used on the observing deck.

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