Ingersoll Machine Tools on Tuesday began construction of the largest telescope mount ever built in the United States. The 12-story tall mount that will be built at the company's facility at 707 Fulton ...

Southern Arizona’s dry air, dark skies, and plentiful mountain peaks are prime conditions for the many world-class telescopes that dot the region. These conditions, unfortunately, come with ...

ROCKFORD, IL — August 28, 2024 — The Giant Magellan Telescope and Ingersoll Machine Tools Inc. today announced the start of manufacturing and assembly of the largest telescope mount built in the ...

On March 15, 2012, the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) made its first scientific results public; 25 years had passed since the project was first presented, but the wait was worth it. Among other ...

One of the current evolutions and revolutions going on in equipment for amateur astronomers is the reinvention of the portable telescope mount. Thanks to the miniaturization of advanced electronics ...

Pointing at stars may seem easy on the surface—just mount a telescope to a tripod and you’re done, right? As anyone who’s spent time with a telescope can tell you, it’s not that simple, given that the ...

A quick inspection of the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) revealed no obvious damage from the Frye Fire, whose flames had come perilously close as firefighters dropped slurry and set back ...

Dating back to 1904, Mount Wilson Observatory was founded by Dr. George Ellery Hale in the mountains of Pasadena where some of the world's oldest telescopes are housed. When Hale established the ...

[GregO29] had a 10″ GoTo telescope but at 70lbs, it wasn’t really portable. And so he did what any self-respecting CNC enthusiast would do, he put his CNC skills to work to make an 8″ Newtonian ...

CORRECTION: A story posted Thursday, March 9, about snow impacting operations at Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton incorrectly reported that “Asteroid 2650 Elinor” was discovered by Lick Observatory ...