Observatori Lowell

L' Observatori Lowell és un observatori astronòmic situat a Flagstaff, Arizona. L'Observatori Lowell és un dels observatori més antics dels Estats Units, i està catalogat com a edifici d'interès històric. El telescopi Alvan Clark de 24 polzades original encara es fa servir en demostracions educatives. L'Observatori Lowell rep fins a 70,000 visitants a l'any, que realitzen visites guiades i observen diverses meravelles nocturnes a través del telescopi Clark i altres. Va ser fundat el 1894 per l'astrònom Percival Lowell, i dirigit durant un temps pel seu tercer nebot Guy Lowell. L'administrador actual de l'observatori Lowell és William Lowell Putnam, renebot del fundador Percival Lowell.
L'observatori opera diversos telescopis en dos llocs de Flagstaff. Les instal·lacions principals, situades a Mars Hill a l'oest del poble de Flagstaff, alberguen el Telescopi Clark de refracció de 24 polzades original, encara que el seu paper actual és d'eina educativa i no de recerca. El telescopi, construït el 1896 per $ 20,000 $, va ser muntat a Boston per Alvan Clark i després enviat en tren a Flagstaff. També situat al campus de Mars Hill hi ha el Telescopi de 13 polzades Pluto Discovery, usat per Clyde Tombaugh el 1930 per descobrir el planeta nan Plutó.

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