Tauchmann telescope

Tauchmann telescope
Tauchmann telescope dome
Named afterGeorge Tauchmann Edit this on Wikidata
Part ofLick Observatory Edit this on Wikidata
Location(s)Santa Clara County, California, Pacific States Region
Coordinates37°20′31″N 121°38′25″W / 37.34188751°N 121.64024594°W / 37.34188751; -121.64024594 Edit this at Wikidata
Telescope stylereflecting telescope Edit this on Wikidata
Diameter0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) Edit this at Wikidata
Tauchmann telescope is located in the United States
Tauchmann telescope
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Tauchmann telescope is a 0.5 m (22-inch) reflector atop the water tank at Huyghens Peak. It is part of the Lick Observatory at Mount Hamilton.

The telescope has been constructed by George Tauchmann, an amateur astronomer from Berkeley, California. In 1937 it was the biggest amateur reflecting telescope in the world.[1] Lick Observatory purchased the telescope in 1950.[2]

  1. ^ Amateur and Amateurs, 1937
  2. ^ Report from the Lick Observatory, University of California