Lowell Telescope

By brittanyandjudith

  • first telescope

    The earliest known working telescopes appeared in 1608 and are credited to Hans Lippershey

  • clarck teleoscope

    the clarck teleoscope was orginally invented in 1950

  • the beginning

    With this terse telegram, Percival Lowell selected a mesa just west of Flagstaff, Arizona, in 1894 as the site for his new observatory. He spent his first years here drawing what he believed to be canals — evidence of intelligent life on Mars

  • lowells observatory

    Lowell Observatory is a private, non-profit research institution founded in 1894 by Percival Lowell.

  • his teachings

    Lowell also directed astronomer Vesto M. Slipher to make careful observations of “spiral nebulae” — which we now know to be galaxies — which in 1912 led to the first observational redshifts and evidence that the Universe was expanding.

  • viewings

    The Observatory welcomes about 80,000 visitors each year to its Mars Hill campus in Flagstaff, Arizona for a variety of tours, telescope viewing, and special programs.

  • the landmark

    Lowell Observatory was established in 1894, placing it among the oldest observatories in the United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965

  • astronomys first discovery of telescopes

    In a discovery decades in the making, scientists have detected the first of a “theoretical” class of stars first proposed in 1975 by physicist Kip

  • Halley's Comet

    observatory is also known for its work on Halley's Comet. During the comet's last appearance in 1985/86, the observatory led work concerning the comet's production of dust and ice as Halley's got closer to the sun.

  • Lowell Observation

    Lowell observation was established in 1894 and in 2011 the observation was named " The world most important places"

  • lowell telescope viewing

    This 4.3-meter telescope rises seven stories above the top of a cinder cone. Lowell Observatory and Discovery Communications built this $53 million facility to push the frontier of knowledge and bring the marvels of the cosmos to millions.

  • Discovery of Pluto's Atmosphere

    Lowell Observatory also contributed to the discovery of Pluto's atmosphere, as well as determining accurate orbits for Pluto's moons Nix and Hydra

  • Exoplanet

    More recently, Lowell led the 2007 discovery of what was then the largest known exoplanet: TrES-4, a "puffy" world about 1.7 times the size of Jupiter.

  • Restoring the Clark Telescope

    Lowell's advanced age leads to a constant need for upgrades. For one effort – restoring the original 24-inch (0.6 meter) refracting Clark Telescope – officials launched a crowdfunding campaign in March 2013, aiming to raise $256,718 in two months

  • currently

    Lowell Observatory currently has four research telescopes at its Anderson Mesa dark sky site east of Flagstaff, and is building a 4-meter class research telescope, called the Discovery Channel Telescope.

  • Lowell today

    Today, Lowell is a thriving institution with an annual operating budget of more than $6,000,000. Our staff is committed not only to research but also to public outreach and education. We strive to engage the K–12 students in Flagstaff and around Arizona,

  • What is Lowell's Observatory?

    Lowell Observatory’s astronomers conduct research on a range of solar systems, using space-based telescopes. Among the current programs are: a search for planets orbiting other stars; a decades-long study of the brightness stability of the sun; and investigations of star formation and other processes in distant galaxies.

  • firt plant founded

    Since 1894, Lowell astronomers have conducted fundamental research that has led to the discovery of Pluto, the first evidence of the expanding Universe, and exhaustive measurements of the motions and basic properties of stars, among other achievements