Repairs completed on Lowell Observatory's Pluto telescope
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) " Lowell Observatory's Pluto Discovery Telescope is ready for business after a year of intensive restoration work.The Arizona Daily Sun reports that the public reopening will be Saturday.Nearly every part of the 90-year-old instrument and accompanying dome has been refurbished, from the trio of lenses to historic wooden shutters that open up to the stars.The observatory says the telescope is working as well and is looking even better than it did [...]
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