Three College Observatory

Three College Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, and Guilford College . Built in 1979, it is located 10km south of Graham, North Carolina, in the Cane Creek Mountains. The observatory's primary instrument is a 32in Ritchey-Chrétien reflecting telescope attached to an equatorial mount. It was built by Sigma Research and installed at TCO in 1981. TCO is used by UNCG for instruction and outreach.