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The club is proud to possess
various astronomical telescopes that are available to the
members for loan, in order that they may have the
opportunity to survey the skies at their leisure. This
both enables those unable to afford their own telescope
the opportunity to enjoy observation, and also enables
those thinking of purchasing a telescope to get the feel
of using one!
Our current list of instruments is as follows:
- 4 1/2" Reflector
(equatorial
mount)
- TWO x 6" Reflectors
(equatorial
mount)
- 8" Reflector
(equatorial
mount & dobsonian mount available)
- 12" Reflector
(dobsonian
mount)
- 20 x 80 Binoculars
(with tripod)
- The club also possesses a
small library of books which are available for
loan to members.
- We have 6 sets of slides from Armagh
Planetarium. These include sets 1 to 4 under the title "Stars
and Galaxies." Each set contains between 20 and 30 slides
taken on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. We also have "The
Solar System," a 25 slide set showing images of all the
planets and many of their moons from various sources. Finally we
have "Through the eyes of Hubble," a 30 slide set of
images showing objects as diverse as the asteroid Vesta and
galaxies 12,000 million light years away, all taken by the most
famous telescope in the world.
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