Lending Equipment List

The following equipment is currently part of the SMA lending program. Equipment kits listed below include nearly all equipment needed to start observing. Equipment can be borrowed for 3 months with an option to renew if no one is waiting. See current availability at the bottom of this page.

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Night Visual Observing:

Orion XT8 dobsonian manual telescope visual observing kit

Meade LX 90 go-to visual observing kit

Celestron C9.25 go-to visual observing kit

Celestron C11 go-to visual observing kit

Celestron C8 go-to visual observing kit

Electronic-Assisted Astronomy:

ZWO Seestar 50 mm EAA observing kit

Astrophotography:

Astrotech AT115 EDT astrophotography kit