61-inch Wyeth Reflector
Oak Ridge Observatory
Harvard, Massachusetts
Owned by
Harvard College Observatory,
it was operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
(SAO),
in Cambridge, Massachusetts until August 2005, when it was closed.
Instrumentation includes:
- a CCD camera used for astrometric studies of comets and asteroids
- (Marsden 1991, McCrosky 1989),
- an Echelle spectrograph used for radial velocity studies of stars, including planet searches,
- (Peterson et al. 1993, Geary et al. 1990),
- (Mazeh, Latham & Stefanik 1996)
,- an optical search for extra-terrestrial civilizations, and
- other instruments such as MIT's high-speed photometer
- (Peterson et al 1989).
- (Marsden 1991, McCrosky 1989),
