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Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
March 27th, 2015
Mars Hill Road | Flagstaff | Arizona | USA
35°12'10" N 111°39'53" W
Founded in 1894 and one of the oldest observatories in the U.S., Lowell Observatory continues to be a research facility and instrumental in major discoveries including the first detection of the expanding nature of the universe, the rings of Uranus, the atmosphere of Pluto, moon mapping for the Apollo program as well as scores of others.
The Observatory Visitor Center offers interactive, hands-on exhibits. Guided daytime tours that take visitors to the 24-inch Clark Telescope, built in 1896, the historic Rotunda library museum and the original 13-inch Pluto Discovery Telescope.
We heard plenty about Percival in the astonomy class I took a few years ago. What a character! Somewhat misguided, but nice of him to donate a lot of money to build an observatory.
Mars Hill Road | Flagstaff | Arizona | USA
35°12'8" N 111°39'53" W
Founded in 1894 and one of the oldest observatories in the U.S., Lowell Observatory continues to be a research facility and instrumental in major discoveries including the first detection of the expanding nature of the universe, the rings of Uranus, the atmosphere of Pluto, moon mapping for the Apollo program as well as scores of others.
The Observatory Visitor Center offers interactive, hands-on exhibits. Guided daytime tours that take visitors to the 24-inch Clark Telescope, built in 1896, the historic Rotunda library museum and the original 13-inch Pluto Discovery Telescope.
Well, he was looking for someone to interview for a news item scheduled on channel 12 (state wide) that evening. Apparently an astronaut was coming to the Lowell Observatory that week to teach or something. I instantly pointed out that Ryan was the star gazer, not me - and the guy interviewed Ryan for about 10 minutes.
Mars Hill Road | Flagstaff | Arizona | USA
35°12'9" N 111°39'51" W
Founded in 1894 and one of the oldest observatories in the U.S., Lowell Observatory continues to be a research facility and instrumental in major discoveries including the first detection of the expanding nature of the universe, the rings of Uranus, the atmosphere of Pluto, moon mapping for the Apollo program as well as scores of others.
The Observatory Visitor Center offers interactive, hands-on exhibits. Guided daytime tours that take visitors to the 24-inch Clark Telescope, built in 1896, the historic Rotunda library museum and the original 13-inch Pluto Discovery Telescope.