NCKAS - KSU Public Outreach Observatory

North Central Kansas Astronomical Society

NCKAS/KSU Public Outreach Observatory Project:

Initial Site Plans for Konza LTER Observatory

KonzaObservatory-Site Plan-09-13-2005.jpg (659888 bytes)

The Kansas State University Physics department and North Central Kansas Astronomical Society (NCKAS) propose to build a public observatory located at the KSU Konza Prarie Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) facility south of Manhattan, KS. The observatory will house an 18.5 inch Cave telescope now located in the Kansas State physics department. In addition, the observatory would be equipped with a 16 inch Meade RCX400 Ritchey-Chretien observatory class telescope, and a variety of smaller state-of the-art telescopes and instrumentation to maximize hands-on learning opportunities. Click the image to bring up a large format or click here for an Adobe Acrobat version of the about blue-print.

3D Image example of free standing decking

Kansas State University Cave Optics 18.5" Cassegrain & German Equitorial mount. Pictured in it's original location at Cardwell Hall Observatory - f/20 Cassegrain focus configuration. Below the images is a listing of the equipment and instruments. Click on each Thumbnail image to download a larger image.

$LargePEMRefractor001.jpg (2107900 bytes)$

$LargePEMRefractor002.jpg (1734877 bytes)$ $LargePEMRefractor003.jpg (1692639 bytes)$ $LargePEMRefractor005.jpg (1681293 bytes)$ $MogeyRefractor01.jpg (2150040 bytes)$

$MogeyRefractor02.jpg (1596176 bytes)$ $MogeyRefractor03.jpg (2179893 bytes)$ $MogeyRefractor05.jpg (1795871 bytes)$ $MogeyRefractor06.jpg (1691144 bytes)$

$MogeyRefractor07.jpg (1766227 bytes)$ $SmallAstrolaRefractor01.jpg (2192314 bytes)$ $SmallAstrolaRefractor02.jpg (2231438 bytes)$ $SmallAstrolaRefractor03.jpg (2213000 bytes)$

1963 18.5", f/20 Cave Astrola with massive Cave Pier and Mount. Complete with Crawford style focuser and drawtube extensions, guide scope and finder scope mounting brackets.
1939 7.5", f/14 Perkin, Elmer & Moffitt Refractor
4", f/10 W & D Mogey Brass Refractor
3" f/7.3 Cave Astrola Refractor Guide Scope
10X40mm Unitron Refractor Guide Scope
2" Finder scope
2 Heilioscope eyepiece - 1 complete, 1 needs work
2" 60mm Kellner eyepiece
Unitron(?) .96" 18mm Kellner eyepiece
3 x 1-unknown brass eyepieces labeled: .4, .3, .6
1-1/4" Criterion AR 18mm eyepiece
1-1/4" Unlabeled 16mm eyepiece
1-1/4" Unlabeled Zoom Guiding eyepiece
.96" H 12.5mm eyepiece (only label is the "H")
.96" H 6.5mm eyepiece (only label is the "H")
Various Photometers and photometric equipment
Logbook starting with 1982 for observatory

If you wish to contact us, you can email nckas@nckas.org

This page updated: 09/14/05 01:52:11 PM







			$LargePEMRefractor001.jpg (2107900 bytes)$
$LargePEMRefractor002.jpg (1734877 bytes)$	$LargePEMRefractor003.jpg (1692639 bytes)$	$LargePEMRefractor005.jpg (1681293 bytes)$	$MogeyRefractor01.jpg (2150040 bytes)$
$MogeyRefractor02.jpg (1596176 bytes)$	$MogeyRefractor03.jpg (2179893 bytes)$	$MogeyRefractor05.jpg (1795871 bytes)$	$MogeyRefractor06.jpg (1691144 bytes)$
$MogeyRefractor07.jpg (1766227 bytes)$	$SmallAstrolaRefractor01.jpg (2192314 bytes)$	$SmallAstrolaRefractor02.jpg (2231438 bytes)$	$SmallAstrolaRefractor03.jpg (2213000 bytes)$