Owl Ridge Observatory

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Longitude: W 91°.69, Latitude: N 41°.84, Elevation: 835 feet (255 meters)

Since 1986

THE OBSERVATORY - A 23.5 cm Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and CCD camera are pictured here. The observatory also uses a 30cm f/5 reflecting telescope and other instruments. For more, visit the ASTRONOMY page.	THE RADIO STATION - Station call sign: WØABC. Shown is an Icom 746 Pro; an HF/VHF transceiver used as a base station. The station uses other HF/VHF equipment and various antennas. Maidenhead Grid Square Location = EN41du. For more, visit the RADIO page.
Ongoing Astronomical Activities: + CCD photometry of variable stars + Asteroid occultation timings + Astrophotography & video astronomy + Public education + Astronomical League Master Observer + Charter member Cedar Amateur Astronomers, Inc.	Ongoing Amateur Radio Activities: + Field operation + VHF/UHF radio communication via satellite + Local VHF "Nets" + Communication with DX (distant) amateur stations + Severe weather spotting - SkyWarn + Local and DX emergency communication activities + Antenna construction/experimentation/testing

Subpages (6): 1. Astronomy Page 2. Amateur Radio Page 3. Some Upcoming Events 4. The view from here 5. Astro Resources About

"If the size of a planetary system in which the Earth is hardly seen as a grain of sand fills the understanding with astonishment, how delightfully astounded we will be when we examine the infinite crowd of worlds and systems which fill the totality of the Milky Way. But how much greater this wonder when we know that all these immeasurable arrangements of stars once again create a numbered unity, whose end we do not know and which is perhaps, like the previous one, inconceivably large and yet, once again, only a unit in a new numbered system." - Immanuel Kant, Universal Natural History and Theory of the Heavens, 1755, fully 150 years before astronomers were able to demonstrably measure and appreciate the scale of the universe.

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