- RIT Observatory
Infobox Observatory
name = RIT Observatory
organization =Rochester Institute of Technology
location =Henrietta, New York
coords = coord|43.075207|N|77.664314|W
altitude = 167 m (548 ft)
website = http://www.rit.edu/~ritobs/Rochester Institute of Technology Observatory is a small astronomical
observatory owned and operated byRochester Institute of Technology . It is located in Henrietta,New York (USA).The Observator is primarily used to teach undergraduate astronomy labs, although some research relating to Cataclysmic Variables and asteroid occultations takes place.
There is one telescope dome and one rolloff shed on the premises, both housing telescopes. RIT owns a 12' Meade telescope, a 16' telescope, and several smaller Refracting Telescopes. In addition, a 2 element radio interferometer based on the [http://fringes.org SIMPLE] design is being constructed and will be used as a teaching instrument to expose students in astronomy labs to observations in other wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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List of observatories External links
* [http://www.rit.edu/~ritobs/ RIT Observatory Homepage]
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