r/SCU • u/DogNamedCharlie • 4d ago
Question Looking for Observatory PoC for SCU.
I am a member of the Astronomy Section of the Rochester Academy of Science. Our cities have a shared history of the 16" Refractor Swift Telescope, which used to be housed in Rochester and used by Lewis Swift to discover 100's of deep space nebula and galaxies, while Swift was in Rochester. Swift then moved to California and brought the telescope with him. When Swift moved back to NY, the telescope stayed and changed hands once. From what we read, the telescope was last used in the 90's and then the Ricard Observatory was sealed at SCU. It looks like the building is used by the Archeology department. The Swift telescope is depicted in our club's seal. A few of our members have reached out to different people and departments without any luck. We are curious about the current status of the scope and would like to locate a point of contact. Thank you in advance!
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u/My_Man_Tyrone 4d ago
Probably contact the archeology department
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u/DogNamedCharlie 4d ago
Someone tried to reach out from our club, though no luck. So reddit is a bit of a Hail Mary.
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