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Lowell Observatory

(Arizona observatory of long standing)

Lowell Observatory is a 100+ year old observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, with historical, educational, and research telescopes. Among its research telescopes:

Among its historical telescopes is the Pluto Discovery Telescope (aka Pluto Telescope, earlier the Lawrence Lowell Telescope), an astrograph used to discover Pluto after being acquired for the purpose. It was later used for the Lowell Proper Motion Survey.


(observatory,visible light,ground,Arizona)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_Observatory
https://lowell.edu/

Referenced by pages:
LONEOS
Lowell Discovery Telescope (LDT)
Lowell Proper Motion Survey (G)
Mimir
Navy Precision Optical Interferometer (NPOI)
Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey (TrES)
USNO

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