Tauchmann telescope

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]

References

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

Coordinates: 37°20′30.85″N 121°38′24.60″W / 37.3419028°N 121.6401667°W / 37.3419028; -121.6401667

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