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  • Blog Post: Help restore the Lowell Clark Telescope!

    A couple days ago, I first blogged about a new campaign underway to raise funds for the restoration and renovation of the famous 24-inch Clark refractor at Lowell Observatory. I’m mentioning it again because it’s a tremendously valuable and worthwhile effort that deserves immense support...
  • Blog Post: Lowell Observatory launches Clark Telescope Renovation Campaign

    Few institutions in astronomy have the kind of ethereal sense of history that comes from Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Established by Percival Lowell in 1896 and featuring one of the great refractors on Earth, the 24-inch Clark used by Lowell and others, the observatory is famous for its...