Cold Spring Observatory summer morning July 2006 and after remodeling and new dome in Spring of 2021
The Observatory houses a 10" Meade LX200 ACF telescope for deep sky imaging and a Takahashi FS-60Q Fluorite Refractor telescope for wide field imaging. The scopes are computer control using The Sky Astronomy Software, MaxIM DL 5 and PemPro 3. Four computer are used, one for camera control, one for telescope control one for image processing and general computing and one for dome computer access. A Santa Barbra Instrument Group (SBIG) 2000XM CCD Camera with CFW-8 Color Filter Wheel and A07 Adaptive Optics Unit is used for deep sky imaging and a Starlight Express Lodestar PRO is used for planetary imaging and auto guiding.
The Observatory houses a 10" Meade LX200 ACF telescope for deep sky imaging and a Takahashi FS-60Q Fluorite Refractor telescope for wide field imaging. The scopes are computer control using The Sky Astronomy Software, MaxIM DL 5 and PemPro 3. Four computer are used, one for camera control, one for telescope control one for image processing and general computing and one for dome computer access. A Santa Barbra Instrument Group (SBIG) 2000XM CCD Camera with CFW-8 Color Filter Wheel and A07 Adaptive Optics Unit is used for deep sky imaging and a Starlight Express Lodestar PRO is used for planetary imaging and auto guiding.
Telescopes and Control Room
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