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6-inch Gaertner Refractor

Housing the historic 6", f/17 Gaertner Refractor, the Gaertner Observatory was the first permanent Observatory at Arunah. A gift of Smith College to the 5As in 1992; it was transferred to Arunah in 1993. 

Designed by Joe Zuraw and built by Arunah Members, the Gaertner Observatory, completed in 1994, is elevated on 5' concrete stilts, in a roll-away building, providing ambient temperature and all year use. 

The Gaertner is available to Members and Visitors.


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Joe Zuraw and Ed Faits working on the new deck. (Summer 2006)

More Information About The Gaertner Refrator

How To Use The Gaertner Refractor Correctly - Part 1
by Joe Zuraw (The View From Arunah, Volume 21, Spring 1998)

How To Use The Gaertner Refracter Correctly - Part 2
by Joe Zuraw (The View From Arunah, Volume 22, Summer 1998)

The Start Of The New Gaertner Telescope Deck
(The View From Arunah, Volume 53, Spring 2006)

Gaertner Telescope Deck Project (2006)
April 8 -- August 6

 

 

 

 

 

9/20/2008
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