Lowell Observatory

Lowell Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. It was founded in 1894 by astronomer Percival Lowell.

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The observatory operates nine telescopes at two locations in Flagstaff. The facility at Mars Hill houses the site's original 24-inch (.61-meter) refractor telescope, although its role today is as a public education tool and not research. The telescope, built in 1896 for $20,000, was assembled in Boston by Alvan Clark and then shipped by train to Flagstaff. The telescope is listed as a national historic landmark. The second observation site, at Anderson Mesa, houses four telescopes, including a 72-inch (1.8-meter) Perkins telescope that it shares with Boston University, the 42-inch (1.1-meter) Hall Telescope and the Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer (NPOI). The Perkins telescope was moved to Lowell in 1961 from Perkins Observatory in Delaware, Ohio.

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Telescopes - Alvan Clark - Boston University - Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer - 1961 - Perkins Observatory - Delaware, Ohio

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