The Morris W. Offit Telescope is located inside the Maryland Space Grant Observatory. the telescope has, as its major optical element, a 20"-diameter (half-meter) mirror. This f/8 Ritchey-Chrétien telescope was built by DFM Engineering of Longmont, Colorado.

After a training session during the summer of 2019, I was granted access to the observatory when there are no special events or open houses at the observatory, a week at a time. I have used it to observe the nightsky of the northern hemisphere.