Opening of New Observatory Facility at Phillips Exeter Academy

We have completed construction, installation and testing of a new observatory facility for educational purposes at the Phillips Exeter Academy campus. This new 0.70m telescope has functionality to perform multi-band photometry, astrometric studies, and high-resolution spectroscopy with a single telescope. The system opened with first light in March of 2020 and is now getting both in-person use as well a remote automated use by the school and other institutions to teach and promote observational astronomy and introductory astrophysics.