{"id":1045,"date":"2022-06-08T08:03:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T12:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/news\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2023-09-07T16:37:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T20:37:27","slug":"two-new-observatory-domes-coming-to-york-u-will-improve-night-sky-viewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/news\/2022\/06\/08\/two-new-observatory-domes-coming-to-york-u-will-improve-night-sky-viewing\/","title":{"rendered":"Two new observatory domes coming to York U will improve night sky viewing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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State-of-the-art, remote-controlled domes will replace old ones from the 1960s<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

TORONTO, June 9, 2022<\/strong> \u2013 Two new state-of-the-art domes will replace the original 1960s domes at the Allan I. Carswell Astronomical Observatory at York University, opening the night sky for better viewing of planets, stars, nebulas and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preparation for the new domes is happening now on York\u2019s Keele Campus. On the morning of Tuesday, June 14<\/strong> (weather permitting), the old domes will be craned off and the new ones craned on. The time of the event will be decided Monday morning depending on the weather forecast, but media are welcome to watch from one of the designated safe areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese new domes will be a functional and technological improvement, the likes of which the observatory hasn't seen since its construction. Unlike the old domes, the new domes will have an automatic control system that goes to a computer where you can tell the dome to follow the telescope. Not only is this a huge timesaver, it means we can collaborate with other astronomers and teachers anywhere in the world for research and outreach,\u201d says Assistant Professor Elaina Hyde<\/a>, observatory director. \u201cTo get the best use out of the recent one-metre telescope, plus the 60cm telescope, which we already had, it was well time we replaced the domes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the old domes are some 50 years old, the system that controls them has been a patchwork of various electronic fixes over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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