Stamford Observatory in Summer
Fairfield County Astronomical Society

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Stamford Observatory's Telescope


Operating since 1965, the Stamford Observatory, located in Stamford Connecticut, has been open to the Public every Friday night from 8 to 10 p.m. (weather permitting)!


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We have upgraded the drives of the 22-inch telescope so it can now be completely controlled by computer, as well as manual control with a joystick. This was brought about by the second failure in just a few years of the electronic components of one of the old drives. Repair or partial replacement would have left us in the same predicament, so we decided on complete replacement. It is indeed a joy to sit at the computer and enter a command, and then watch the telescope move to the new object all by itself. It is highly accurate, too, placing the new object dead center of the field of view. CES

FCAS holds its regular meetings at 8PM on the second Tuesday of each month on the second floor of the observatory. Everyone is welcome!

FCAS Calendar updated : March 27, 2009



 

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