Telescopes
The nine observatories at CS3 on August 8, 2016
Principals in CS3 operate 12 telescopes in the science program.  All range in size from 10-inch to 28-inch with optical tube assemblies manufactured by Mathis Instruments, Meade Instruments, Celestron International, and ScopeCraft. 

Float your mouse curser over the 'Telescope' menu for details of individual observatories and telescopes.

Telescope

0.30-m
f/8

0.35-m f/11

0.40-m f/10

0.35-m f/10

0.30-m f/10

0.35-m f/10
 0.35-m
f/9.1
 0.35-m
f/9.1
0.35-m
f/9.1
 0.30-m
f/9.1
0.5-m
f/8.1

Manufacturer

Meade

Celestron

Meade

Meade

Meade

Meade

Meade 

 Meade

 Meade

 Meade

ScopeCraft

  Mount

LX200

Paramount

MI-500F

MI-250

LX200

MI-500F

 LX200

 LX200

 LX200

 LX200

Operator

Stephens

Stephens

Stephens

Coley

Coley

Coley

 Warner

 Warner

 Warner

 Warner

Warner

Observatory

Santana

(MPC 646)

CS3 

(MPC U81)

CS3

(MPC U81)

CS3
(MPC U80)


CS3
MPC U80)

 CS3

(MPC U82)
Borealis

 CS3

(MPC U82)
Eclipticalis

 CS3

(MPC U-82)
Australius

 CS3

(MPC U82)
Squirt

CS3
(MPC U82)
20 or Zephyr

Location

34 8 26N
117 33 28W

34 16 21N
116 23 5W

34 16 21N
116 23 5W

34 16 21N
116 23 5W

33 50 2N
117 35 11W

34 16 21N
116 23 5W
34 16 21N 116 23 5W
 
34 16 21N 116 23 5W
 
34 16 21N 116 23 5W
 
34 16 21N 116 23 5W
 
34 16 21N 116 23 5W

Foc Len (mm)

~2438

~3912

~4064

~3556

~3048

~3556

~3280

~3280

~3280

~2980

~4115

Arcsecond/pixel

2.16

1.27

1.25

1.68

1.41

1.47

 1.51

 1.51

1.51

 1.66

1.20

CCD Camera

SBIG
STL-1001e

SBIG
STL-1001e

FLI Microline

SBIG
ST-9XE

SBIG
ST-10XE

FLI Proline
FLI
Proline
SBIG
STL-1001E
 SBIG
STL-1001E
FLI
Microline
FLI
Proline

FOV (arcmin)

37 x 37

22 x 22

21 x 21

14 x 14

17 x 11

25 x 25

 26 x 26

26 x 26

 26 x 26

26 x 26

20 x 20

Available Filters

BVRI
Sloan

BVRI
Sloan

BVRcIc
g'r'