I
took this photo just after sunset, from the top of a cinder cone on
Mauna Kea. This is the Visitor Information Station at the Onizuka Center
for International Astronomy, located at 9,300 feet elevation. Yes, it's
on (more than a bit of) a hill.
Inside the building are a whole bunch of exhibits, computers, a video
projection area with seating, and of course a gift shop that sells all
kinds of nifty stuff.
Outside on the patio and in the parking lot, a half-dozen telescopes are set up for the evening stargazing program. They are, from left to right:
Yes, I know how to use 'em (and how to get 'em out, set 'em up and put 'em away). Oh, the yellow thing on the rock wall is a case for eyepieces and adapter rings.
Outside on the patio and in the parking lot, a half-dozen telescopes are set up for the evening stargazing program. They are, from left to right:
- Orion 8-inch newtonian reflector on a dobsonian mount.
- Orion 4.5-inch newtonian reflector on a dobsonian mount (behind the 8-inch).
- Orion 6-inch newtonian reflector on a dobsonian mount.
- Meade 16-inch LX200GPS cassegrain reflector on an alt-azimuth fork mount.
- Celestron 14-inch cassegrain reflector on a Losmandy equatorial mount.
- Televue 102mm apochromatic refractor on an Astro-Physics equatorial mount.
Yes, I know how to use 'em (and how to get 'em out, set 'em up and put 'em away). Oh, the yellow thing on the rock wall is a case for eyepieces and adapter rings.
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