Furman University Astronomy Laboratory

Phone: 864-294-9670
N 34º 56' 7.5'', W 82º 26' 46.5''

The Facility

Furman's on-campus observatory is used as a laboratory facility by students in the Descriptive Astronomy course (PHY 15), Astrophysics Course (PHY 47) and by physics majors for independent research.  Public viewing nights are occasionally held for observing specific celestial objects or events.

The site contains two buildings, each with a roll-away roof. The buildings have power and are accessible to handicapped students.  There are no restrooms at this facility.  

Equipment:

• Five Celestron 8'' Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes, mounted on permanent posts 
• Meade 8'' Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope on a LX200 mount
• 80X Field Binoculars
• SBIG ST-8 with BVR Johnson filters for photometric observation
• SBIG Self-Guiding Spectrograph for obtaining stellar spectra in the visible range
• SBIG ST-2000XM with RGB filters for astronomical imaging
  
• 20.1 MHz Radio Jove dual-dipole antenna for observing low-frequency solar bursts
• 2.3-meter diameter, fully-steerable, CASSI radio antenna with a 1420 MHz digital receiver used for observing solar flares and neutral hydrogen from the Milky Way
  

• The observatory is on the golf course, just off Old Roe Ford Rd, very close to the intersection of Roe Ford and Whitehorse Roads
• If you are turning onto Roe Ford Rd from Whitehorse Rd, take an immediate right onto Old Roe Ford, then turn right through a gate entrance 
• The paved road leads through a gate entrance to R.E.K. Building on the golf course, but a gravel road on the right leads you to three small buildings on the hill
• If you are traveling from campus, the Observatory entrance is approximately one mile from North Village on the left

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