The Frank T. Etscorn Campus Observatory, dedicated 25 April 1993, is on the campus of New Mexico Tech in Socorro, NM. The observatory is one of the sites of the annual Enchanted Skies Star Party (ESSP). In addition, many public and private star parties are held there throughout the year. The observatory is surrounded by earth berms and is strategically located to avoid as much light pollution as possible from campus and town.
Several telescopes are available for use at the observatory, the most noteworthy ones including a 20-inch Dobsonian inside a 15-foot dome, and a Celestron 14 on a Paramount GT-1100 mount.
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