Cyril Swindin Telescope

The Society owns a 12 inch reflecting telescope on the outskirts of Bristol. The telescope was donated to the Society in the early 1970's by Cyril Swindin, whom the telescope and observatory were named after in his honour. The observatory built in 1972 has recently gone through a major renovation. Our thanks go to Mike Cowles, Robin Hicks, Peter Spalding and Phil Siviter and many others who contributed to the refurbishment.

Observatory before the work started

The work crew

Observatory after all the hard work

If you would like to read Cyril Swindin's own account of how he came to build and donate the telescope to the Society, please click here.