Olin Observatory is an

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(USA), owned and operated by

Connecticut College Connecticut College (Conn College or Conn) is a private liberal arts college in New London, Connecticut. It is a residential, four-year undergraduate institution with nearly all of its approximately 1,815 students living on campus. The college w ...

. It is part of the F.W. Olin Science Center. The observatory hosts public stargazing events, and is also used for undergraduate instruction.

Telescopes

* A Ritchey–Chrétien

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was built by

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and sits on a half-fork

equatorial mount An equatorial mount is a mount for instruments that compensates for Earth's rotation by having one rotational axis, the polar axis, parallel to the Earth's axis of rotation. This type of mount is used for astronomical telescopes and cameras. The ...

. * An 1881 Alvan Clark

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is located at the old observatory on top of Frederic Bill Hall.

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Observatories at Connecticut College

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Telescopes

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