Meridian Controls Corporation has over 20 years of observatory design experience and is available to assist you in the following areas:
1. Telescope selection and placement 2. Enclosure (dome, roll-off) selection and design 3. Telescope pier design 4. Thermal Considerations
5. Electrical requirements 6. Lighting design 7. LAN and WAN design requirments 8. Telescope instrumentation selection
These design services are charged at a rate of $85 per hour. A typical project will require about 20 hours of these services.
Post construction services include: 1. Telescope installation, alignment and setup 2. Telescope instrumentation installation and setup
3. Cabling and computer connections 4. Software installation and setup 5. LAN and WAN installation and setup 6. User training
We can assist in the construction of your observatory in the following areas:
1. Pier construction
2. Telescope dome automation 3. Technical equipment purchase (Telescope, dome, telescope instrumentation, computer
equipment, software, etc.)
