15. The nerve center of the telescope: clocks and position indicators. The large brass housing contains the Declination and Right Ascension/Hour Angle pointers that move with the telescope. The three clocks above that show the Universal time, Sidereal time and local time.
MORE HISTORY: Two major events occurred at Chamberlin under Everhart's directorship. The first of these was the replacement of the weight drive mechanism with an electronic system. It is useful to recal that the 1890 facility pre-dates both commercial electricity and telephones! The other, due to almost entirely to efforts of the Denver Astronomical Society, was the adding of Chamberlin to the National Register of Historical Places in the spring of 1980.
Edgar Everhart retired in 1985. The Everhart Scholarship at the University of Denver was started in 1990, upon Everhart's death and is awarded yearly to physics iand astronomy majors based on merit and need.
In 1991, the University of Denver was notified that an alumnus, William Herschel Womble, left a bequest substantial enough to permit the hiring of a new astronomer, Dr. Robert E. Stencel. He was named fourth Director of Chamberlin Observatory in 1994. Among his new duties are the introduction of a new astronomy curriculum, the development of the Mt.Evans observatory for infrared astronomical research and oversight of Chamberlin Observatory so that it might see its next 100 years. For other details, see below.
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