Melton Observatory - University of South Carolina - Columbia, South Carolina
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BruceS
N 33° 59.849 W 081° 01.584
17S E 497561 N 3761877
Observatory on the campus of the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina.
Waymark Code: WMGR0Y
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 04/02/2013
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Facing Green Street, SW. corner of Gibbes's Green, is the MELTON OBSERVATORY, a gray structure suggestive of a Greek shrine. The dome, reached by a winding stair, contains a Bausch and Lomb telescope, one of the largest in the South. The observatory was the gift of Edwin G. Seibels, alumnus, in honor of William Davis Melton, university president 1922-6.. - South Carolina: A Guide to the Palmetto State, Columbia section , pg. 228
This section of the Guide is discussing various buildings on the campus of the University of South Carolina. The observatory was completed in 1928. It is now pale yellow color rather than grey. Its main telescope is a 16-inch Cassegrain. They also have four 8" Celestron CPC-800 GPS telescopes, a 10" Meade LX200 GPS telescope, a 14" Celestron CGE-1400 GPS telescope, a Lunt 60mm H-a Solar Telescope, an Orion ED 80mm Apochromatic Refractor, an Explore Scientific 127mm Apochromatic Refractor, and a Lunt 152mm H-a/Ca-K Telescope.
The observatory is open to the public each Monday night and is used by the Midlands Astronomy Club which meet at the observatory each Thursday night. The observatory is also used by students in various astronomy classes.