The Fairborn Observatory, home of the Four College APT (FCAPT) is located in the Patagonia Mountains of AZ (Lat: +31 23 12; Long: -110 41 41). This 0.8m automated photoelectric telescope is operated by the Four College Consortium (FC) consisting of the College of Charleston, The Citadel, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and Villanova University. The FCAPT is supported by NSF grants AST95-28506 and AST-0071260.
After testing during May 2003, the Robatically Controlled Telescope (RCT) 1.3m telescope on Kitt Peak is now in limited operation conducting CCD photometry (UBVRI). The Research Consortium includes Villanova, Western Kentucky, South Carolina State, Francis Merion and the Planetary Science Institute.