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Essay Galaxy - The Lowell Observatory The Lowell Observatory

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 was 32 feet long. Costing $20,000, it is housed in a dome made of Ponderosa pine, the dome was built in ten days with ten men, using no tools. To this day is still standing, and is recognized as a National Historic Landmark; it allows viewers to go in and look through the telescope during the night shows. Dr. Percival used this telescope to study Mars; this telescope was also used in the 1920's by V.M. Slipher to discover evidence of receding galaxies. The Lowell Observatory was mainly founded becaus....

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