A large population of deer thrive on the land surrounding the observatory. The picture was taken on a Saturday morning in mid-October,1996. It was the next to last day of archery hunting season. This animal walked up behind our roll roof building where I had been waiting for about half an hour. ... Just beyond this nice web outside the main building's front door, is the solar observation equipment and beyond that, one of the sanctuary's three ponds . ... Back to Moore Observatory Homepage ...
html> <head> <title>Sanctuary</title> </head> <body BGCOLOR="#20B2AA" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#23238E" VLINK="#4F2F4F" ALINK="#FF0000"> <H1 align=center>Horner Wildlife Refuge </H1> <br> <br><br><br> <a href="deer_eyes.html"><img src="icon_deer_eyes.gif" align=left> <p>A large population of deer</a> thrive on the land surrounding the observatory. ... This animal walked up behind our <a href="rollroof.html">roll roof building</a> where I had been waiting for about half an hour. ...
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17 October 2008 =============== The audio wave files were made by digitizing casette copies made in the 1990's of the original tapes. Five cassettes were recorded on both sides, and the corresponding digital files are labelled tape1a, tape1b, .. ... Walter Moore verbally authorized use of his history for educational purposes before his passing. Please note that this audio material is Copyright 2008 John Kielkopf, but that it is licensed for non-commerical use. ... John Kielkopf ...
This photograph of Dr. Moore was taken at the Star Lane Observatory in 1972, just before the 52 cm telescope was removed to be rebuilt and installed at Moore Observatory. Dr. Moore's home was on the hill above this site, and here he is raking hay with his favorite Cub tractor. An oral history of his life was recorded at the University of Louisville in December 1981 is available here through the Creative Commons License . ... Audio files. ... Last update: July 26, 2010 . ...
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... Just beyond this nice web outside the main building's front door, is the solar observation equipment and beyond that, one of the sanctuary's three ponds . The Babbitt Family originally owned this land. George Babbitt's Farm and the Babbitt Mill are indicated on this map of Brownsboro from the 1800's. A family cemetery with readable stones dating back to the mid-1800's (and many with dates too weathered to read) lies just south of the road to the observatory. ... Last update: May 10, 2010 . ...
... Just beyond this nice web outside the main building's front door, is the solar observation equipment and beyond that, one of the sanctuary's three ponds . The Babbitt Family originally owned this land. George Babbitt's Farm and the Babbitt Mill are indicated on this map of Brownsboro from the 1800's. A family cemetery with readable stones dating back to the mid-1800's (and many with dates too weathered to read) lies just south of the road to the observatory. ...
This general purpose telescope enclosure offers simple access to the sky for small instruments. Its truss roof rolls back on the steel I-beams and tracks that extend to the north of the building. A chain drive attached to the underside of the trusses provides the power that makes opening the observatory simple. Heavy steel pins secure the roof when it is closed. ...
. The Meade 16-inch Schmidt Cassegrain is available for visual observing, and it is equipped with an SBIG ST9 CCD camera and ST10 filterwheel for training in astronomical photometry and color imaging. An STV autoguider provides an electronic finder field, simplifies long exposure imaging. The telescope is controlled by XmTel running on a computer in the roll roof, and it may also be operated from the main building in cold weather. Last update: May 31, 2007 . kielkopf@louisville.edu .
The 24-inch (0.6-meter) Ritchie-Chretien research telescope was manufactured by RC Optical Systems and installed in August 2006. ... Spacers are used to put the camera or other instruments at the proper position, and an encoded focus motor moves the focal plane 5 microns per encoder count. ... The telescope uses an Apogee U16M CCD camera with a 4096x4096 array of 9 micron pixels which oversample the seeing and permit very accurate photometry and imaging over a wide dynamic range. ...
The telescope configured for measurements of exoplanet transit light curves is seen from the north side in this May 2010 photo. Lower portions of the dome have been insulated to reduce daytime heating by radiation from the warm metal dome. ... The interior of the dome is seen soon after the encoder upgrade in February 2007. ... Karen Collins, a research astronomer specializing in exoplanets, helped with the telescope installation in August 2006. ... kielkopf at louisville dot edu . ...
. Remote Access to Northern Hemisphere Telescopes . Roll Roof telescopes . Shared Skies image archive . Restricted Access . Observatory site camera . Live night sky camera . CDK20N video server . CDK20N telescope power control . Observing Conditions . Observatory weather . Observatory sky background . Regional weather . Clear Sky Clock for Moore Observatory . Coordinated Universal Time . Local time . Last update: June 21, 2012 . kielkopf at louisville edu .
... This general purpose enclosure offers access to the sky for several small instruments. Its truss roof rolls back on the steel I-beams and tracks that extend to the north of the building. A chain drive attached to the underside of the trusses provides the power that makes opening the observatory simple. ... The building is on a concrete pad originally intended for a student radio telescope, and it is serviced by a convenient cable trough that provides power and network from the main building. ...