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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC)
Barnard Astronomical Society Planetarium
Clarence T. Jones Observatory

USA , TENNESSEE , CHATTANOOGA
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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC)
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC)
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC)
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC)
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC)
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC)
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC)
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC)
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC)


Type: School
Opened in 1958

Address: 615 McCallie Avenue - Chattanooga, TN 37403
Country: USA
Email: Jack-Pitkin@utc.edu
Phone: +1 423-425 4518

Website: https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/chemistry-and-physics/jones-observatory
Website 2: https://barnardastronomy.org/index.php/about-the-bas/our-history/the-barnard-ast
                 

Team
Jack Pitkin,



40 seats











Dome of  7.3m


Technical
 Optical system Prototype : home made

Facilities
 Observatory Clarence T. Jones Observatory: 20.5 inch Cassegrain

Operation
History
 - 1936: Observatory
- 1951: Prototype home built projector (copper dodecahedron) 3.66m/corrugated card board and wood frame
- 1958: 7.32m plaster dome (grant from the Benwood Foundation)
- 1990: forsaken
- 2008: $208,000 renovation


Comments

Latitude: 35°01'02" N  -  Longitude: 85°14'06" W  -  Altitude: 228m
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