The 10" Refracting Telescope @ The University of Minnesota

The Astronomy Department at the University of Minnesota owns a 10 inch Warner & Swasey Refracting telescope. Over the past year Paul Robinson and John Martin have been working on refurbishing this instrument and enhancing the public outreach events built around it.

Hopefully we'll have more here in the future so keep coming back. Right now we have:

Helpful Documents

• Ten Inch Telescope TA Manual (PDF)
• Talk given at the 206th AAS Meeting in Minneapolis

Other Pages

• A synopsis of the old photographic plates associated with the 10" Telescope
• Pictures of work done in the telescope dome Fall 2004