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Upcoming 2013 Observatory Developments in Florida
Watch during 2013 for a new observatory completion and installation of a 1 meter Ritchey-Chrétien telescope at Embry Riddle Observatory; right now they already have a 20-inch reflector Dall-Kirkham telescope by Planewave Instruments, three 12-inch reflectors, a 4-inch refractor, and a pair of giant binoculars. To the left is the tower that the new 1 meter telescope will be mounted on, heavy metal! (image to the left shot 11 April, 2013 by Jason Higley) |
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To the left is a video showing progress on the Stocker AstroScience Center at FIU, where a new 24" telescope will be housed. Dave Hearn has just completed his Kissimmee Park Observatory, Kissimmee, and here's the Facebook link, I believe he's using a 17.5", contact Dave Hearn for group or private visits. |
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FLORIDA PLANETARIA (above: The Rocket Thrower at Orlando Science Center based on a World's Fair Statue, Seminole State College Planetarium SETI Engineer
Presentation, Kennedy Space Center Visitor's Complex Floating Celestial Sphere, and Harmony Dark Sky Festival Crowds, images by Jason W. Higley) Bishop Planetarium - Bradenton Brevard Community College Planetarium - Cocoa Broward College Buehler Planetarium - Davie Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium - Fort Myers Florida Southern College Miller Planetarium - Lakeland Florida State University Pat Thomas Planetarium - Tallahassee Indian River State College Halstrom Planetarium - Fort Pierce Miami Science Museum Space Transit Planetarium (watch for their new museum and planetarium opening 2015!) Seminole State College Planetarium - Sanford South Florida Science Museum's Dekelboum Planetarium (formerly known as the Buzz Aldrin Planetarium) - West Palm Beach St. Petersburg College Planetarium Tampa Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) The Saunders Planetarium ________________________________________________________ OBSERVATORIES (many have public viewing nights, check their websites for details) Belen Observatory at Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, Miami Brevard Community College Observatory (24"), Cocoa, FL Crosby Observatory at Orlando Science Center - 10" Refractor - admission fee to Science Center. Daytona Beach Small Radio Telescope ***NEWLY ADDED*** Egan Observatory at Florida Gulf Coast University - 16" Ritchey-Chrétien telescope and 5 smaller computer guided go-to telescopes. Here's a google maps satellite view of the observatory dome, and here's a link with more info about the observatory. Public access through Southwest Florida Astronomical Society. Embry Riddle Creekside Observatory - Their open house events are on selected Friday nights, from 8:00 pm until 11:00 pm, between September and April. Check this link for their Open House page. They have a 20-inch reflector Dall-Kirkham telescope by Planewave Instruments , three 12-inch reflectors, a 4-inch refractor, and a pair of giant binoculars. WATCH IN 2013 as they are completing the construction of a new observatory to house their new 1 meter Ritchey-Chrétien telescope! Farrout Observatory, Dade City, FL ("Where Tampa's Astronomers Cluster") Florida Atlantic Observatory, (14" Celestron Edge HD SCT on a Losmandy Titan 50, and Daystar filter for live Sun Prominences), Boca Raton Fox Observatory (16"), Sunrise, FL Kissimmee Park Observatory, Kissimmee, and Facebook link, I believe he's using a 17.5", contact Dave Hearn for group or private visits. Nicholas Copernicus Observatory at University of Miami Ortega .8 meter (32") telescope at FIT, Melbourne, FL Robinson Observatory at UCF (20"), Orlando, FL - 20" Richey Chretien telescope and a bunch of 8" Meade Schmidt Cassegrains, here's The Robinson Observatory website Rosemary Hill Observatory (30"), Bronson FL South Florida Science Museum (14"), West Palm Beach FL (open last Friday of each month to public with admission fee.) ***UNDER CONSTRUCTION*** Stocker AstroScience Center at FIU, Miami - Under construction, 24" telescope from ACE ordered. Star Fields Observatory (private), Chiefland Univ. of Florida Campus Teaching Observatory ( "), Gainsville FL - Clark 8-inch Refractor by Alvan Clark & Sons - 203 mm / 2920 mm = f/14 12.5-inch Cassegrain Reflector by Army Map Service - 318 mm / 5220 mm = f/16 with a photoelectric photometer; small auxiliary telescope for imaging Moon with CCD. 12-inch Schmidt- Cassegrain by Meade Instruments - 305 mm / 3048 mm = f/10 On movable tripod; computer controlled. 8-inch Schmidt- Cassegrain by Meade Instruments - 200 mm / 2000 mm = f/10 Six telescopes that can be mounted on permanent piers outside the observatory building. 5-inch Schmidt- Cassegrain by Celestron International - 127 mm / 1200 mm = f/10 University of Florida Radio Jove Observatory _______________________________________________________________________________________________ University Astronomy Programs Florida Institute of Technology Astronomy and Astrophysics Group Florida Atlantic Dept. of Physics FIU Dept. of Physics (Astronomy) and Dr. James R. Webb's page University of Central Florida Physics University of Florida Dept. of Astronomy |
Embry-Riddell Aeronautical University Creekside Observatory in Daytona Florida
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