Herschel first observed Enceladus in 1787, but in his smaller, 16.5 cm telescope, the moon was not recognized.

Removal of the old 65 cm, and 25 cm telescopes took place in February of 2007.

Its mission is infrared astronomy with a 68 cm telescope.

In 1999 the astronomical dome for the 15 cm telescope was built.

It shows itself to be composed of a yellow and a white star when seen though a 7.5 cm telescope.

The 50 cm telescope is also located on the second floor, just to the south of the meeting room.

It was first seen by William Herschel in 1784 with his 47 cm telescope in England.

All channels share a 10 cm telescope, which uses a silicon carbide mirror.

Around its 50th anniversary a new 76 cm telescope, then the world's largest, was installed for deep space observation.

Using a 60 cm telescope, he was very adept in creating planetary maps from visual observations.