A grant of almost $130,000 to Calvin from the National Science Foundation will help pay for two new 16-inch telescopes for the school's astronomy program: one to be located at Calvin and one to be ...

OTTAWA COUNTY, MI – It’s a sunny afternoon in Ottawa County’s Hemlock Crossing park when Frank Roldan opens the shutter on an unsuspecting white dome in the middle of a field, revealing a 16-inch ...

A stargazing event was held on September 20, 1995, utilizing a refurbished 16-inch telescope mirror originally owned by Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto. The event took place near the planned ...

On the night of Oct. 27, 1965, a new 16-inch telescope situated in a new observatory on the campus of Colorado State University drew its very first light from its first observed object, the planet ...

The Champaign-Urbana Astronomical Society's monthly observatory open house uses its 16-inch telescope to observe planets, star clusters and the moon. The open house takes place from 9 to 11 p.m.