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Mercury Transit May 9th 2016
We will open at 8am on Monday May 9th On May 9, Mercury and Earth will partner with the Sun in a celestial swing dance that only happens about a […]
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New images taken at DCT using LMI
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_cta h2=”Feb 20, 2020 Update:”]As of February 2020, The Discovery Channel Telescope (DCT) is now known as the Lowell Discovery Telescope (LDT).[/vc_cta][/vc_column][/vc_row] The Discovery Channel Telescope continues to produce great […]
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DCT helps to identify incoming object
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_cta h2=”Feb 20, 2020 Update:”]As of February 2020, The Discovery Channel Telescope (DCT) is now known as the Lowell Discovery Telescope (LDT).[/vc_cta][/vc_column][/vc_row] Check out some of the great work being […]
Read MoreHow the Sun could make new planets
Find out how and if our Sun could make new planets. In this article Dr. Lisa Prato gives you her take on the possiblity. http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/03/how-the-sun-could-make-a-new-batch-of-planets/472857/
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Lights Out Flagstaff- March 25th and 26th
We will offer FREE admission after 5pm on Saturday March 26th
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The launch of our new foundation
Our Purpose The Lowell Observatory Foundation, created in 2015, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization governed by an independent board of trustees and dedicated solely to supporting the Observatory’s mission. The […]
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2016 Science of Space Gala- Featured speaker Tom Krimigis
Stamatios (Tom) Krimigis received his B. Physics from the University of Minnesota (1961), his M.S (1963) and Ph.D. (1965) in Physics from the University of Iowa, and served on the […]
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A Brief History of a Legendary Telescope
In 1895, Lowell Observatory founder Percival Lowell commissioned the Alvan Clark & Sons Firm of Cambridgeport, Massachusetts to build a state-of-the-art 24-inch refracting telescope. Since completion of the project the […]
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