Optical telescopes

Optical observation instrumentation.

Solar Telescopes

One optical solar telescope observes sunspots and a second observes solar flares.

Polaris

North Sky Monitoring Program. "I am constant as the Northern Star." - Shakespeare Julius Caesar

West Optical Observatory

DFM Engineering 0.4-m telescope with an Apogee Alta E42 CCD Camera

Furman/PARI Telescope

The Furman/PARI Telescope is a Celestron 0.35-m telescope mounted on a Paramount ME. The camera is an SBIG ST10XME CCD + BVRI filter set.

Optical Telescope Observing Log

Observing Log for PARI Optical Telescopes. You may save your input and submit at the end of your observing session.

Solar Telescopes

 

PARI Sky

Our Sky as seen from the PARI wide angle camera array.