{"id":29,"date":"2024-02-14T20:04:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T20:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2026-03-30T18:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:16:00","slug":"equipment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>All of our telescopes are used in our courses.<\/strong> A few of the telescopes have primary uses for <strong>public outreach<\/strong> with eyepieces, and a few have primary uses for <strong>research<\/strong> with digital cameras or spectrographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1C3kEnuVgk\">A quick video tour of a couple of our telescopes.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Fitz<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A 9-inch achromatic refractor purchased in 1863, the original telescope of Alfred University. Named for the optician who made the optics. The original site was close to the admissions building. Its current mounting and location are thanks to our observatory&#8217;s namesake, Dr. John Stull. This telescope is primarily used for public events and classes.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/03\/Fitz-nice.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/03\/Fitz-nice.png 584w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2026\/03\/Fitz-nice-273x300.png 273w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Fitz telescope in use.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Metzger<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>A 20-inch newtonian reflector. Named for a local artist who enjoyed using the telescope.  The mount and optical tube were built by Dr. John Stull. Housed in an Ash-Dome. This telescope is primarily used for public events and classes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.48.41\u202fPM-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-259\" style=\"width:393px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.48.41\u202fPM-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.48.41\u202fPM-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.48.41\u202fPM-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.48.41\u202fPM-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.48.41\u202fPM-350x467.png 350w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.48.41\u202fPM.png 1744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Metzer telescope.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Rosing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A 24-inch PlaneWave Corrected Dall-Kirkham reflecting telescope. Donated by Wayne Rosing. Housed in an Ash-Dome. The primary instrument is the Shelyak eShel spectrograph. This instrument is primarily used for research and upper level courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXcw9t00FWdw858PuPleXKJoE5MOrXR-rKZCNNKGUdPEcHUEGiSfLsAXstiD3EcQVvMxX1PrOwjRc-4fY0f_5FEo48B6J3Ma4lSQL75RthpCoy3HYiuw6wgpQKKbQ3gGDe3T8ZFbIQ?key=GCGQ2-_uHRwyIerwhsEgJw\" width=\"401\" height=\"534\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Austin-Fellows<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A 32-inch newtonian reflector. The mount and optical tube were built by Dr. John Stull. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.50.14\u202fPM-701x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-260\" style=\"width:433px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.50.14\u202fPM-701x1024.png 701w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.50.14\u202fPM-205x300.png 205w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.50.14\u202fPM-768x1122.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.50.14\u202fPM-1051x1536.png 1051w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.50.14\u202fPM-350x511.png 350w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.50.14\u202fPM.png 1270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Austin-Fellows telescope.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Rose<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A heliostat built out of a mirror, mount, and projector built by Dr. Stull to project an image of the sun onto a screen. Built into the Alden Building. The heliostat is primarily used for public events and classes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Toot<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A 20-inch PlaneWave Corrected Dall-Kirkham reflecting telescope. Purchased in part by Wayne Rosing, and Alfred University. This is our dedicated imager for photometry.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.51.03\u202fPM-654x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-261\" style=\"width:440px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.51.03\u202fPM-654x1024.png 654w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.51.03\u202fPM-191x300.png 191w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.51.03\u202fPM-768x1203.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.51.03\u202fPM-980x1536.png 980w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.51.03\u202fPM-1307x2048.png 1307w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.51.03\u202fPM-350x548.png 350w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.51.03\u202fPM.png 1592w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Toot telescope.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Olson<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An 8-inch telescope primarily used for solar observing with a hydrogen-alpha filter. Housed in an Ash-Dome. This telescope is primarily used for public events and classes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"954\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.58.05\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268\" style=\"width:441px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.58.05\u202fPM.png 954w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.58.05\u202fPM-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.58.05\u202fPM-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.58.05\u202fPM-350x248.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Olson solar telescope.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Hunt<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflecting telescope. Housed in a tip-off shed. This telescope is primarily used for public events and classes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.53.39\u202fPM-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-266\" style=\"width:435px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.53.39\u202fPM-1.png 620w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.53.39\u202fPM-1-219x300.png 219w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.53.39\u202fPM-1-350x479.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Hunt telescope.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>&#8220;The Catch&#8221;<\/strong><\/strong><strong> <\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>An 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflecting telescope.  Housed in a tip-off shed. This telescope is primarily used for public events and classes.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.54.08\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265\" style=\"width:420px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.54.08\u202fPM.png 620w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.54.08\u202fPM-219x300.png 219w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.54.08\u202fPM-350x479.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The catch telescope.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Assorted Portable Telescopes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Small refractors, reflectors, solar projectors, small binoculars and large mounted binoculars are used for outreach and classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Weaver<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A 2 meter radio telescope.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"478\" height=\"882\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.54.29\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.54.29\u202fPM.png 478w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.54.29\u202fPM-163x300.png 163w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-17-at-4.54.29\u202fPM-350x646.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Weaver radio dish.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All of our telescopes are used in our courses. A few of the telescopes have primary uses for public outreach with eyepieces, and a few have primary uses for research with digital cameras or spectrographs. The Fitz A 9-inch achromatic refractor purchased in 1863, the original telescope of Alfred University. Named for the optician who &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/equipment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Equipment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":368,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}