Your telescope setup can stay mounted in the observatory even while in transit.
Roof mounted telescope.
The mount wilson observatory mwo is an astronomical observatory in los angeles county california united states the mwo is located on mount wilson a 1 740 metre 5 710 foot peak in the san gabriel mountains near pasadena northeast of los angeles.
This telescope is free to the public every night the the observatory is open and the sky is clear.
The 100 inch 2 5 m hooker telescope which was the largest aperture.
The mobile observatory comes with a 3 point hydraulic telescope isolation platform that isolates the telescope from the trailer floor allowing you to walk around the observatory without shaking the telescope.
When the night sky is clear the zeiss telescope is open from the roof and serves up to 600 visitors per night.
Mounted in the copper clad dome on the east end of the building is the zeiss telescope array.
When the roof opens up the scope can pivot upward and get to most of the sky.
The observatory contains two historically important telescopes.
One of the observatory s experienced.
Pick the lumber shape accordingly.
Setup takes about 10 minutes.
The observatory is more or less exactly the right size for the telescope to sit in its horizontal stored position diagonally with the roof closed.