A 14 inch telescope was recently donated to Ohio Wesleyan, which is now housed in a smaller observatory building on site. Instrumentation at Perkins Observatory includes a photoelectric photometer, as well as a low dispersion spectrograph. Both these instruments are currently being used in research programs utilizing the 32 inch telescope. The telescope attained a size, in its standing parabola, of 360 feet wide by 70 feet tall. Modernization of this telescope has been underway for some time, and it will be returned to full use in the very near future.
Volunteers are very active at both facilities.
Tours of both observatories are offered, and are scheduled for times and dates convenient to all. The SETI League, Inc.