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)!
Click Here for Directions to the Stamford Observatory.
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!
