Telescopes

3", 6", 8", 10", 12", 16" and 36" TELESCOPES. For varied projects, we have seven different scopes in our observatories along with a multi-deck observing platform to accommodate visitors.

Jeannie next to a 10" LX-200 on the observing deck,
and a 12" LX-200 is in the Skypod behind.

Roof-top view of Whispering Pine Observatories, June '09, with
observatory domes in the foreground and the older roll-off roof observatories
in the distance, still in use.

This 10-foot diameter Pro-Dome houses a 14" Meade LX-200 GPS.

Our sign that greets visitors and guests.

Meade 14" LX-200 GPS

Deep-sky object M-27 through the 14" using an SBIG ST-8 CCD.

ST-9 CCD and flip mirror system attached to our 12" LX-200 in the Skypod.
These scopes are used primarily for ccd photometry of variable stars.

8" LX-200 and binoculars on the back deck.

Meade 12" LX-200

16" F/4.2 Newtonian Reflector Telescope, custom built by Tut and Vern Campbell
using an aluminum casted fork-armed mount, 15" diameter Byers worm drive, and
superb optics by Dan Joyce of Chicago.

36" F/5 Dobsonian being rebuilt by ISS Enterprises into an
Alt-Azimuth computer driven mount for CCD imaging.

A 12" flat tilted 23-degrees folds the optical path back and out the side.

The focus point is thus located a bit closer to ground level and can be
reached with a regular step ladder.

ISS Enterprise employees carefully handling the 36" mirror, weighing over 200 pounds.

As it nears completion, our 36" F/5 scope is undergoing testing at ISS Enterprises' observing site, Mayhill, NM.