The Lowell Observatory
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Lowell Observatory is located in Flagstaff, Arizona. It was
established in 1894 by Dr. Percival Lowell. Dr. Percival borrowed several
telescopes and managed to collect a small staff and began making
observations of the sky. In 1896, Dr. Percival got a 24-inch Alvan Clark
refracting telescope that ....
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.... being in the popular Tourist City
of Flagstaff; the observatory looks over the city. You are guided through a
tour and experiments, and also are allowed to use the telescopes they have
located on Mars Hill.
There are a total of nine telescopes, eight which are at the
observatory, of these many of them are historic, such as the 24" Clark
Refractor that is 102 years old. The Pluto telescope dome and John Vickers
McAllister telescope dome, which is 16" long, are also telescopes you would
f ....
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