Observatory Photo Gallery

• Stuart Kingsley

Telescope & Dome

Pre-dome pictures of Meade LX200 SCT on Equatorial Mount. These pictures were taken in the autumn of 1992. The Meade LX200 had just recently appeared on the market and was quickly identified as the then most suitable telescope for Optical SETI because of its RS232 computer interface.

• The first Visible Optical SETI Observatory in North America

• Close-Up View of SCT with Dew Shield

• Rear View of SCT

• Close-Up View of the LX200 Smart Drive Interface Panel

• Close-Up View of SCT without Dew Shield

• SCT Control Computer

Post-dome pictures of Meade LX200 SCT on Altazimuth Mount. The smaller 320 x 240 pixel images in this section were obtained on April 21, 1996, with a Canon ES5000 Hi8 camera, then captured and converted to GIF format using a "Snappy" frame grabber.

• The Columbus Optical SETI (COSETI) Observatory

• The Columbus Optical SETI Observatory Sign

• The Observatory Dome in 1994

• The Menkies Drop off Additional Wall Ring

• Re-assembling the Dome

• The 10 ft. Diameter Fiber-Glass Dome in Late Summer 1995

• The Meade 10" LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope (SCT)

• Side Views of the SCT

• View of SCT on Monochrome CCD TV Camera

• The Igloo!

Control and Conference Room

• COSETI Observatory's Control Room Area

• COSETI Observatory's Conference Room Area

• Outside View of Control/Conference Room

Visitors

• Space Viz Productions (1995)

• Sightings (1995)

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