{{Infobox telescope Tauchmann telescope is a 0.5 m (22-inch) reflector atop the water tank at Huyghens Peak. It is part of the

Lick Observatory The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of California. It is on the summit of Mount Hamilton (California), Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, United States. The ...

at Mount Hamilton. The telescope has been constructed by George Tauchmann, an amateur astronomer from

Berkeley, California Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Anglo-Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland, Cali ...

. In 1937 it was the biggest amateur reflecting telescope in the world. Lick Observatory purchased the telescope in 1950.Report from the Lick Observatory, University of California
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Lick Observatory Reflecting telescopes