Fork Mount for 24" R/C Telescope, Mingo Creek Observatory - Al Paslow Images- powered by SmugMug

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This telescope belongs to the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburghhttp://www.3ap.org It is their second observatory in Mingo Creek Park, Washington County, PA. The photos are by David L. Smith http://www.davesmithphoto.com

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Al-Paslow > Fork Mount for 24" R/C Telescope, Mingo Creek Observatory photo

Al-Paslow > The telescope mount is attached to a solid concrete pier that extends ten feet into the ground to bedrock.

$Al-Paslow > In addition to the 24" telescope the observatory also has a ten foot planetarium dome with room to put up to a twenty foot dome. There is a second telescope room with a 10" D&G refractor.$