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According to the docent, the 42-inch primary mirror was removed, they attempted to put a hole in it to convert it from a Newtonian to a Cassegrain, but the mirror cracked!
On June 6, a NASA social media event was held at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to discuss the New Horizons spacecraft and its upcoming flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, scheduled July 14. More than 30 NASA social media followers from across the country applied for and were selected to attend the event, at their own cost.
The New Horizons spacecraft is part of NASA’s New Frontiers program and is managed by Marshall.
Learn more about the Marshall Center, New Horizons spacecraft and the Lowell Observatory at:
#NASAMarshall Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
#NASA's New Horizons Mission Page: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
Lowell Observatory Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lowellobservatory
#PlutoFlyBy #Pluto #NASASocial
Image Credit: (NASA/MSFC/Christopher Blair)
On June 6, a NASA social media event was held at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to discuss the New Horizons spacecraft and its upcoming flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, scheduled July 14. More than 30 NASA social media followers from across the country applied for and were selected to attend the event, at their own cost.
The New Horizons spacecraft is part of NASA’s New Frontiers program and is managed by Marshall.
Learn more about the Marshall Center, New Horizons spacecraft and the Lowell Observatory at:
#NASAMarshall Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
#NASA's New Horizons Mission Page: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
Lowell Observatory Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lowellobservatory
#PlutoFlyBy #Pluto #NASASocial
Image Credit: (NASA/MSFC/Christopher Blair)
On June 6, a NASA social media event was held at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to discuss the New Horizons spacecraft and its upcoming flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, scheduled July 14. More than 30 NASA social media followers from across the country applied for and were selected to attend the event, at their own cost.
The New Horizons spacecraft is part of NASA’s New Frontiers program and is managed by Marshall.
Learn more about the Marshall Center, New Horizons spacecraft and the Lowell Observatory at:
#NASAMarshall Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
#NASA's New Horizons Mission Page: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
Lowell Observatory Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lowellobservatory
#PlutoFlyBy #Pluto #NASASocial
Image Credit: (NASA/MSFC/Christopher Blair)
Shot completely with ambient light. Main light on left side of telescope is sunlight coming in through the observatory door while the light on the observatory dome is primarily from tungsten bulbs.
To read the full story on this and other photos, visit my photography blog.
This is the light fixture hanging in the center of a domed ceiling at the Library of the Lowell Observatory on Mars Hill, Flagstaff, AZ.
On June 6, a NASA social media event was held at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to discuss the New Horizons spacecraft and its upcoming flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, scheduled July 14. More than 30 NASA social media followers from across the country applied for and were selected to attend the event, at their own cost.
The New Horizons spacecraft is part of NASA’s New Frontiers program and is managed by Marshall.
Learn more about the Marshall Center, New Horizons spacecraft and the Lowell Observatory at:
#NASAMarshall Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
#NASA's New Horizons Mission Page: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
Lowell Observatory Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lowellobservatory
#PlutoFlyBy #Pluto #NASASocial
Image Credit: (NASA/MSFC/Christopher Blair)
On June 6, a NASA social media event was held at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to discuss the New Horizons spacecraft and its upcoming flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, scheduled July 14. More than 30 NASA social media followers from across the country applied for and were selected to attend the event, at their own cost.
The New Horizons spacecraft is part of NASA’s New Frontiers program and is managed by Marshall.
Learn more about the Marshall Center, New Horizons spacecraft and the Lowell Observatory at:
#NASAMarshall Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
#NASA's New Horizons Mission Page: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
Lowell Observatory Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lowellobservatory
#PlutoFlyBy #Pluto #NASASocial
Image Credit: (NASA/MSFC/Christopher Blair)
On June 6, a NASA social media event was held at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to discuss the New Horizons spacecraft and its upcoming flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, scheduled July 14. More than 30 NASA social media followers from across the country applied for and were selected to attend the event, at their own cost.
The New Horizons spacecraft is part of NASA’s New Frontiers program and is managed by Marshall.
Learn more about the Marshall Center, New Horizons spacecraft and the Lowell Observatory at:
#NASAMarshall Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
#NASA's New Horizons Mission Page: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
Lowell Observatory Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lowellobservatory
#PlutoFlyBy #Pluto #NASASocial
Image Credit: (NASA/MSFC/Christopher Blair)
On June 6, a NASA social media event was held at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to discuss the New Horizons spacecraft and its upcoming flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, scheduled July 14. More than 30 NASA social media followers from across the country applied for and were selected to attend the event, at their own cost.
The New Horizons spacecraft is part of NASA’s New Frontiers program and is managed by Marshall.
Learn more about the Marshall Center, New Horizons spacecraft and the Lowell Observatory at:
#NASAMarshall Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
#NASA's New Horizons Mission Page: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
Lowell Observatory Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lowellobservatory
#PlutoFlyBy #Pluto #NASASocial
Image Credit: (NASA/MSFC/Christopher Blair)
On June 6, a NASA social media event was held at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to discuss the New Horizons spacecraft and its upcoming flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, scheduled July 14. More than 30 NASA social media followers from across the country applied for and were selected to attend the event, at their own cost.
The New Horizons spacecraft is part of NASA’s New Frontiers program and is managed by Marshall.
Learn more about the Marshall Center, New Horizons spacecraft and the Lowell Observatory at:
#NASAMarshall Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
#NASA's New Horizons Mission Page: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
Lowell Observatory Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lowellobservatory
#PlutoFlyBy #Pluto #NASASocial
Image Credit: (NASA/MSFC/Christopher Blair)
On June 6, a NASA social media event was held at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to discuss the New Horizons spacecraft and its upcoming flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, scheduled July 14. More than 30 NASA social media followers from across the country applied for and were selected to attend the event, at their own cost.
The New Horizons spacecraft is part of NASA’s New Frontiers program and is managed by Marshall.
Learn more about the Marshall Center, New Horizons spacecraft and the Lowell Observatory at:
#NASAMarshall Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
#NASA's New Horizons Mission Page: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
Lowell Observatory Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lowellobservatory
#PlutoFlyBy #Pluto #NASASocial
Image Credit: (NASA/MSFC/Christopher Blair)
On June 6, a NASA social media event was held at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to discuss the New Horizons spacecraft and its upcoming flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, scheduled July 14. More than 30 NASA social media followers from across the country applied for and were selected to attend the event, at their own cost.
The New Horizons spacecraft is part of NASA’s New Frontiers program and is managed by Marshall.
Learn more about the Marshall Center, New Horizons spacecraft and the Lowell Observatory at:
#NASAMarshall Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
#NASA's New Horizons Mission Page: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
Lowell Observatory Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lowellobservatory
#PlutoFlyBy #Pluto #NASASocial
Image Credit: (NASA/MSFC/Christopher Blair)
This is Percival Lowell's 24" refracting telescope at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ. It was built in Cambridge, Mass. in 1895-6 by Alvan Clark & Sons, hence the telescope's name. It is 32 feet long and, including the pier, mount, and counterweight, weighs over 13 tons.
Today, it is no longer used for research but for public education. I feel pretty privileged to be able to use this telescope on a nightly basis. It is a lot of fun and really shows folks what observational astronomy was like 100 years ago!
Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930. He compared, side by side, glass plates exposed over a 4-year span on the 13-inch astrograph telescope housed in this observatory at the Lowell Observatory on Mars Hill, Flagstaff, AZ.
Read about Clyde Tombaugh here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Tombaugh
On June 6, a NASA social media event was held at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to discuss the New Horizons spacecraft and its upcoming flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, scheduled July 14. More than 30 NASA social media followers from across the country applied for and were selected to attend the event, at their own cost.
The New Horizons spacecraft is part of NASA’s New Frontiers program and is managed by Marshall.
Learn more about the Marshall Center, New Horizons spacecraft and the Lowell Observatory at:
#NASAMarshall Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
#NASA's New Horizons Mission Page: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
Lowell Observatory Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lowellobservatory
#PlutoFlyBy #Pluto #NASASocial
Image Credit: (NASA/MSFC/Christopher Blair)
Last night I actually had some of that luxurious "free time" people talk about, so I stayed up late doing some observing with the Clark telescope. This is me looking at Jupiter, which is visible as the white dot near the top of the frame.
On June 6, a NASA social media event was held at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to discuss the New Horizons spacecraft and its upcoming flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, scheduled July 14. More than 30 NASA social media followers from across the country applied for and were selected to attend the event, at their own cost.
Learn more about the Marshall Center, New Horizons spacecraft and the Lowell Observatory at:
#NASAMarshall Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
#NASA's New Horizons Mission Page: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
Lowell Observatory Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lowellobservatory
#PlutoFlyBy #Pluto #NASASocial
Image Credit: (NASA/MSFC/Christopher Blair)
On June 6, a NASA social media event was held at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to discuss the New Horizons spacecraft and its upcoming flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, scheduled July 14. More than 30 NASA social media followers from across the country applied for and were selected to attend the event, at their own cost.
The New Horizons spacecraft is part of NASA’s New Frontiers program and is managed by Marshall.
Learn more about the Marshall Center, New Horizons spacecraft and the Lowell Observatory at:
#NASAMarshall Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
#NASA's New Horizons Mission Page: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
Lowell Observatory Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lowellobservatory
#PlutoFlyBy #Pluto #NASASocial
Image Credit: (NASA/MSFC/Christopher Blair)
On June 6, a NASA social media event was held at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to discuss the New Horizons spacecraft and its upcoming flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, scheduled July 14. More than 30 NASA social media followers from across the country applied for and were selected to attend the event, at their own cost.
The New Horizons spacecraft is part of NASA’s New Frontiers program and is managed by Marshall.
Learn more about the Marshall Center, New Horizons spacecraft and the Lowell Observatory at:
#NASAMarshall Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
#NASA's New Horizons Mission Page: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
Lowell Observatory Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lowellobservatory
#PlutoFlyBy #Pluto #NASASocial
Image Credit: (NASA/MSFC/Christopher Blair)
Pluto was discovered using this astrograph (telescope + camera; note the photographic plates).
Lowell Observatory; Flagstaff, Arizona.
On June 6, a NASA social media event was held at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to discuss the New Horizons spacecraft and its upcoming flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, scheduled July 14. More than 30 NASA social media followers from across the country applied for and were selected to attend the event, at their own cost.
The New Horizons spacecraft is part of NASA’s New Frontiers program and is managed by Marshall.
Learn more about the Marshall Center, New Horizons spacecraft and the Lowell Observatory at:
#NASAMarshall Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
#NASA's New Horizons Mission Page: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
Lowell Observatory Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lowellobservatory
#PlutoFlyBy #Pluto #NASASocial
Image Credit: (NASA/MSFC/Christopher Blair)
On June 6, a NASA social media event was held at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to discuss the New Horizons spacecraft and its upcoming flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, scheduled July 14. More than 30 NASA social media followers from across the country applied for and were selected to attend the event, at their own cost.
The New Horizons spacecraft is part of NASA’s New Frontiers program and is managed by Marshall.
Learn more about the Marshall Center, New Horizons spacecraft and the Lowell Observatory at:
#NASAMarshall Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
#NASA's New Horizons Mission Page: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
Lowell Observatory Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lowellobservatory
#PlutoFlyBy #Pluto #NASASocial
Image Credit: (NASA/MSFC/Christopher Blair)
On June 6, a NASA social media event was held at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to discuss the New Horizons spacecraft and its upcoming flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, scheduled July 14. More than 30 NASA social media followers from across the country applied for and were selected to attend the event, at their own cost.
The New Horizons spacecraft is part of NASA’s New Frontiers program and is managed by Marshall.
Learn more about the Marshall Center, New Horizons spacecraft and the Lowell Observatory at:
#NASAMarshall Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
#NASA's New Horizons Mission Page: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
Lowell Observatory Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lowellobservatory
#PlutoFlyBy #Pluto #NASASocial
Image Credit: (NASA/MSFC/Christopher Blair)
On June 6, a NASA social media event was held at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to discuss the New Horizons spacecraft and its upcoming flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, scheduled July 14. More than 30 NASA social media followers from across the country applied for and were selected to attend the event, at their own cost.
The New Horizons spacecraft is part of NASA’s New Frontiers program and is managed by Marshall.
Learn more about the Marshall Center, New Horizons spacecraft and the Lowell Observatory at:
#NASAMarshall Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
#NASA's New Horizons Mission Page: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
Lowell Observatory Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lowellobservatory
#PlutoFlyBy #Pluto #NASASocial
Image Credit: (NASA/MSFC/Christopher Blair)
On June 6, a NASA social media event was held at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, to discuss the New Horizons spacecraft and its upcoming flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto, scheduled July 14. More than 30 NASA social media followers from across the country applied for and were selected to attend the event, at their own cost.
The New Horizons spacecraft is part of NASA’s New Frontiers program and is managed by Marshall.
Learn more about the Marshall Center, New Horizons spacecraft and the Lowell Observatory at:
#NASAMarshall Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/nasamarshallcenter
#NASA's New Horizons Mission Page: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
Lowell Observatory Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lowellobservatory
#PlutoFlyBy #Pluto #NASASocial
Image Credit: (NASA/MSFC/Christopher Blair)