Observatory H47 (Front view) - a photo on Flickriver

Front end of telescope for observatory H47.
12 inch Meade 200LX-GPS
Visible is
the corrector plate on the end of the tube on which the seconday mirror is mounted,

the back side of the secondary mirror holder which has the Bob's Knobs collimation screws,

the dew heater element wrapped around the end of the tube fastened with velcro,
the fork holding the tube (also called the OTA or Optical Tube Assembly),

the dew heater controller (Kendrick dew buster) which is connected to the heater element with the thick black wire,

and the backside of the RA drive. which rotates the fork about the north celestial pole at the sidereal rate (360 degrees/day or 15 deg/hr).

The telescope is mounted on a Meade super wedge. It is precisely aligned to celestial north.

The declination drive is located at the end of one of the forks.

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Observatory H47 is ranked 17th in the world 2009 Observatory Ranking (July 23, 2009 ) jcometobs.web.fc2.com/rank/rnk/obsr09.txt

Taken in: United States / Mississippi / Vicksburg / Southhaven (show map)

Taken on: April 14, 2009

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