Roof Mounted Telescope

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.

Roof mounted telescope.

When the roof opens up the scope can pivot upward and get to most of the sky. This telescope is free to the public every night the the observatory is open and the sky is clear. The observatory is more or less exactly the right size for the telescope to sit in its horizontal stored position diagonally with the roof closed. One of the observatory s experienced.

What you should avoid is that try and get a strong mount do not change the contour of the roof it s best suited the way it is. The 100 inch 2 5 m hooker telescope which was the largest aperture. Pick the lumber shape accordingly. When the night sky is clear the zeiss telescope is open from the roof and serves up to 600 visitors per night.

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. The observatory contains two historically important telescopes. Mounted in the copper clad dome on the east end of the building is the zeiss telescope array. Setup takes about 10 minutes.