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                        David and Murry Rives with the Mobile Observatory Telescope

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David's Presentation and New DVD

David Rives delivers a PowerPoint presentation based on scriptural references to astronomy as it relates to creation, signs and seasons, and future prophetic events.  The exciting multi-media presentation is conducted in your auditorium and, when weather permits, moves outdoors, complete with live telescope views. This unique program offers an unforgettable experience for all age groups.

Mobile Observatory is based on the sixteen inch Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, used by major universities around the globe as the basis for astronomical research, including photometry of variable stars, supernova patrols, asteroid cataloging, and planetary studies. Telescope optics employ Ultra-High Transmission Coatings for increased effective image brightness.
 

A built in GPS sensor tracks satellites and uses data from those satellites to quickly align the telescope with objects of interest. Over one hundred thousand locations can be easily accessed including the moon and planets of our own solar system as well as deep sky objects. Once aligned, sensitive drives track the stars for steady viewing and precise imaging.

Projection imaging system
By way of a video integrated imaging system, Mobile Observatory projects live images of faint, deep sky objects onto a giant screen. The specially designed Peltier cooled imager provides almost instantaneous clear views of planets, galaxies, faint stars and nebulae, in a way never before possible.

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Getting There
It has been stated that "Getting there is half the fun." Most observatory class telescopes are attached to permanent piers within a building, thereby limiting access to all but a few. That is not the case with Mobile Observatory. A specially designed suspension system allows the telescope with its' sensitive optics and advanced control system to be safely transported to locations where large numbers can witness the handywork of our Creator

David and Murry Rives with the Mobile Observatory system.

 

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