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Mount Cuba
Astronomical Observatory
Upcoming Programs
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Program is FULL Family Night 8PM September 6, 2024 Please email for reservations
Public Night 8PM September 9, 2024 "How We Classify Stars" Please email for reservations
Children's Program 7PM September 14, 2024 "Surfaces of the Solar Systems" Please email for reservations
Family Night 8PM September 20, 2024 Please email for reservations
Check out the video of the new telescope installation!
The MCAO telescope assembly is under construction at DFM. The images above show a similar instrument at the Observatorio Astronomico Nacional in Baja California. This telescope is part of the Transneptunian Automated Occultation Survey (TAOS II)
The MCAO telescope has arrived!
The telescope fork mount under construction at DFM!
Telescope with Dec Drive disk attached to Fork and Center section
The primary mirror cell
Richard Neel working on the primary mirror cell
RA secondary drive assembly
The Mirror covers
More pictures of raw parts here.
Secondary mirror fine focus control
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