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The William G. And Retha Stone Baker Observatory is associate astronomical observatory in hand and operated by Missouri State University. It’s set in Marshfield, Missouri.
The William G and Retha Stone Baker Observatory is found 10 miles northwest of Marshfield in Webster County (off Route thirty eight on previous Hillcrest Road). The Observatory homes a 14-inch (0.36 meter) Schmidt-Cassegrain and a 16-inch (0.4 meter) Cassegrain . The 16-inch Cassegrain reflector (with CCD hooked up camera) is on loan to MSU from Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. This telescope was one amongst the primary telescopes to be used at Kitt Peak National Observatory. As compared to observations performed by eye, the CCD camera makes this telescope as powerful as a 100-inch (2.5 meter) telescope. Missouri State recently purchased a further sixteen in. Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector that is presently being got wind of to permit for remote operation from field.
The Observatory is employed on clear evenings for laboratory work by students in starting and intermediate natural philosophy courses, and by advanced collegian students and college conducting Astronomical analysis. The Observatory homes several smaller telescopes for college kids to use additionally to the 2 giant instruments.
The public could visit the Observatory and examine the night sky through telescopes, either at open homes or throughout The Ozark Plateau Amateur Astronomers Club conferences. Open homes area unit conducted by the Department of Physics and natural philosophy doubly every year, in April or could, and in September or October. Admission is free.
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