Gallery One Part One: A Look Around The Observatory |
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1. Outside the entrance. |
2. Open front door with part of foyer showing some of interior. |
3. Corridor to left inside, leading to shop. |
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The white column to the
right-hand side of image 1 (with 2 plaques) is the pier for the
telescope. It goes all the way up through the building without touching
it. This isolates the mechanism from the building, which could be moved
or buffetted by strong winds. This would in turn cause blurring of
deep-space photographic images which need long-exposure times -
sometimes requiring in the region of several hours exposure for each
image.
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5. Workshop, left view. |
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4. Workshop, right view. |
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6. Stairs in foyer leading up. Part of the mural showing comparative sizes of the planets is just visible. |
A fully-equipped maintanance area (the workshop) is a neccessity when parts wear out and need replacing. |
7. Stairs again, showing all the way up to 2nd floor. |
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8. 2nd floor hallway
leading to auditorium and library. Auditorium door open.
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9. Library. White right
edge is part of telescope pier which goes right up thru' the middle of
Library
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10. Empty auditorium, viewed from the back left-hand corner. |
11. Empty auditorium again, this time looking almost straight down the room |
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12. Furnished auditorium, viewed from the back right-hand corner. |
13. Furnished auditorium, pictured from the front, looking back. |
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14. Stairs up to dome. Normally red-lit for night vision. New photo with better camera should show that. |
14. Simulated red-lit stairwell for night vision. Similar to the light used in a photographic (monochrome only) lab. |
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15. Part of computer
office
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CES in the computer OBS
room
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16. Part of computer
office
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Gallery One Part Two: A Look Around The Observatory Cont. |
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 Stamford Observatory boasts a dual-purpose telescope... BUT HOW DOES IT WORK? Click above image to load animations page and find out now. |
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All but three images on
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Foyer 01: LEM module & planets-mural viewed from front door. |
Foyer 02: Looking toward door showing stairs. |
Foyer 03: Looking down from stairs, LEM module from NASA. |
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Foyer 04: From stairs leading up. Part of mural showing comparative sizes of the planets on right wall. |
Upstairs 01: Hallway leading to auditorium thru' door on right. |
Painting 01: Image of telescope from plans madeebefore 'scope built. |
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Auditorium 01: Viewed
from entrance doorway.
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Auditorium 02: From
far corner, opposite door.
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Auditorium03: View from
projection booth.
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Office 01: CES "relaxes" among the many computers that "assist" today's up-to-date astronomer. The modern computer helps speed up all areas of astronomical research, such as the drawing up of new and revised star-charts. |
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18. Telescope with
attached eyepiece clearly visible.
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17. Dome with telescope
just visible. A little too wide for my lens. Could do better with a
good wide-angle lens.
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19. This is the "business
end" of the telescope when the dome is open.
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Unfortunatly, there are no enlargements available for these three images ... ... however, I think the three below more than make up for their lack! |
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Telescope 01: Set to
visual - eyepiece at left is visible.
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Telescope 02: 5 different
eyepieces, of varying magnification, are clearly visible toward the
bottom right.
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Telescope 03: CES
prepares for the night's work.
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