Gallery 03 - Observatory Tour - Part 2 - A close-up of the telescope when set for optical viewing. The 5 different magnification eyepieces are on the rotatable turret to the left.

Gallery 03 - Observatory Tour - Part 2

Jan 2005

Wearing a warm jacket, CES prepares the 'scope for another night's work.
There is no heating in the dome as hot air escaping through the open dome door would destroy any chance of optimal viewing. Think of heat-haze on a summer's day!