The Ritter One-Meter Telescope
Ritter Observatory was built in 1967 and houses a 1-meter Ritchey-Chretien reflecting telescope. It is the largest optical telescope in Ohio. In addition to the telescope, the observatory utilizes a low/moderate resolution spectrograph, a high-resolution echelle spectrograph, and two CCD cameras.
The observatory is used mainly by department faculty and graduate and undergraduate students for research. On the first Friday of every month, after the evening planetarium program, the telescope is open to the public and is available for viewing the sky, weather permitting.
