Exoplanet Research at Long Mountain Observatory

 

Montgomery Bell Academy’s Long Mountain Observatory near McMinnville, TN was

completed in 2011. The observatory is equipped with a PlaneWave CDK 24 telescope

and integrated rotating focuser on a PlaneWave Ascension 200HR mount. The

telescope supports a  SBIG STL 11000M camera with Astrodon

L-R-G-B-Ha-V-Rc-Ic filters to permit RGB and narrow band imaging as well as

photometry and exoplanet light curve research.

Photometric data

 

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