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A brief History of the Brooks telescope at the York County Astronomical Society Observatory

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Aerial Photo Of YCAS Observatory Photo by Matt Hollinger

Above the YCAS 2.5 Meter Observa-DOME is moved to storage.

The YCAS Observatory is located at John Rudy Park in York Pennsylvania.

The Society owns 4 research-grade telescopes.

14” Dobsonian.

12” SCT computerized goto scope. 

10"SCT.  

Two 8” Dobsonian telescopes.

4.5” Newtonian telescope.

4” Astro-Physics Refractor telescope.

Coronado Solar Telescope

The Society also has a 12’ dish antenna for radio astronomy, and associated electronic recording equipment.