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Lowell Observatory

by Dale Hendel Jr

The Lowell Observatory was founded in 1894 By Percival Lowell. The first permanent telescope, a twenty-four-inch refractor built by Alvan Clark and Sons, was installed in 1896 and is still in use. There are other telescopes at the site, including the thirteen-inch refractor used to discover Pluto in 1930. The Slipher Building is named for V.M. Slipher, the Observatory's director after Lowell's death. It houses various pieces of equipment, including the spectrograph Slipher used to determine that the universe is ... (more)

Clark Telescope 1

Clark Telescope 1
The twenty-four-inch Clark telescope is housed in a 40-foot dome.

Clark Telescope 2

Clark Telescope 2
Despite it's great size and weight, the counterweight allows a...

Clark Telescope 3

Clark Telescope 3
The controls and eyepiece.

Clark Telescope 4

Clark Telescope 4
A view of the roof shutter.

Clark Telescope 5

Clark Telescope 5
The dome which houses the Clark telescope.

Pluto Telescope 1

Pluto Telescope 1
The thirteen-inch refractor telescope used to discover Pluto. It's...

Pluto Telescope 2

Pluto Telescope 2

Pluto Telescope 3

Pluto Telescope 3

Pluto Telescope 4

Pluto Telescope 4

Pluto Telescope 5

Pluto Telescope 5

Pluto Telescope 6

Pluto Telescope 6
The wheels used to rotate the roof.

Pluto Telescope 7

Pluto Telescope 7
The controls and eyepiece of the telescope.

Pluto Telescope 8

Pluto Telescope 8
The telescope holds 14x17 photographic plates in the back. Clyde...

Pluto Telescope 9

Pluto Telescope 9
The Pluto telescope's dome.

Slipher Building 1

Slipher Building 1
The rotunda of the Slipher Building was built in 1916.

Slipher Building 2

Slipher Building 2
The chandelier in the Slipher rotunda.

Slipher Building 3

Slipher Building 3
The chandelier in the Slipher rotunda.

Slipher Building 4

Slipher Building 4
This is the telescope used by A.E. Douglass, who was sent to the...

Slipher Building 5

Slipher Building 5
Historic documents and objects line the walls of the rotunda.

Slipher Building 6

Slipher Building 6
Description of the Millionaire, an early calculating machine.

Slipher Building 7

Slipher Building 7
The Millionaire calculating machine.

Slipher Building 8

Slipher Building 8
Close-up of the Millionaire.

Slipher Building 9

Slipher Building 9
Close-up of the Millionaire.

Slipher Building 10

Slipher Building 10
The telescope and chandelier.

Telescope 1

Telescope 1
This is a decommissioned telescope on the grounds of the observatory. It is...

Telescope 2

Telescope 2
Another view of the telescope no longer used.

Lowell Mausoleum 1

Lowell Mausoleum 1
Percival Lowell's Mausoleum overlooks Flagstaff. It is near the Clark...

Lowell Mausoleum 2

Lowell Mausoleum 2
There are two inscriptions on the side of the Mausoleum.

Lowell Mausoleum 3

Lowell Mausoleum 3
The doorway faces out to the city.

Lowell Mausoleum 4

Lowell Mausoleum 4
The inscription to the left of the doorway.

Lowell Mausoleum 5

Lowell Mausoleum 5
The inscription to the right of the doorway.

Lowell Mausoleum 6

Lowell Mausoleum 6
The glass cover was added to protect the stained glass dome from...

Lowell Entrance

Lowell Entrance
The symbols on the left represent the planets. Mercury is at the bottom and...

article published 11/19/2007

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