Student Experiences at Winer
A video of MACRO's last trip
Science with the RLMT
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The Telescope
- PlaneWave Instruments CDK20 named after famed University of Iowa Professor Emeritus, the Robert L. Mutel Telescope.
- Mounted on a motorized, remotely and robotically controlled mount.
- Enables precise pointing and tracking of both sidereal (stars) and non-sidereal (planets, satellites) objects.
The Instruments
- Coe Physics Department Faculty Member James Wetzel installs a fiber spectrometer adapter onto the SBIG AC4040 CMOS camera at Winer Observatory during a MACRO retreat.
The Filters
- MACRO member Will St. John does routine maintenance to prepare the filters for installation at MACRO's yearly Hands-On Maintenance Experience on site at the Winer Observatory.
