Roof Mounted Telescope

This telescope is free to the public every night the the observatory is open and the sky is clear.

Roof mounted telescope.

The mount wilson observatory mwo is an astronomical observatory in los angeles county california united states the mwo is located on mount wilson a 1 740 metre 5 710 foot peak in the san gabriel mountains near pasadena northeast of los angeles. Inflexion roof mounted fold down telescoping mast was designed to meet the elevation requirements of smaller payloads such as cameras positioners antennas and advanced broadcast devices. Setup takes about 10 minutes. When the night sky is clear the zeiss telescope is open from the roof and serves up to 600 visitors per night.

Mounted in the copper clad dome on the east end of the building is the zeiss telescope array. When the roof opens up the scope can pivot upward and get to most of the sky. The mobile observatory comes with a 3 point hydraulic telescope isolation platform that isolates the telescope from the trailer floor allowing you to walk around the observatory without shaking the telescope. Pick the lumber shape accordingly.

The 100 inch 2 5 m hooker telescope which was the largest aperture. One of the observatory s experienced. The primary thing to remember here is that when you set out to make a roof mount for that telescope at the home itself is that the main motive is to make a strong mount. The observatory contains two historically important telescopes.