I'm continuing to live vicariously through my friend Brian's adventures out west. This latest round of pictures comes from the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. This observatory has some impressive achievements that include: discovery of Pluto, moon mapping for the Apollo program and observing the rings of Uranus, to name a few. The telescope in these pictures is the Clark Refractor which just completed a 20-month restoration. This telescope was commissioned in 1895 as a state-of-the-art 24 inch refracting telescope. It's been in regular use ever since and was first used for scientific research and now is open for public viewing. It is a beast!
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