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Lowell Observatory/Arizona Trip 2005

Photos from the 2005 Lowell Observatory/Arizona trip. We only observed one night out of the scheduled three (one clouded, one too gusty for the dome at Lowell to be opened), but the weather was great for visiting many local attractions.

See also:

Arizona 2005: US Naval Observatory
Arizona 2005: Meteor Crater
Arizona 2005: Grand Canyon
Arizona 2005: Sedona
Arizona 2005: Wupatki
Arizona 2005: Petrified Forest/Painted Desert
Arizona 2005: Walnut Canyon
Arizona 2005: Sunset Crater
Arizona 2005: Tuzigoot/Montezuma's Castle
Arizona 2005: Panoramic Vistas

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Kevin Schindler (left) and Lowell Observatory Director Robert L. Millis. Millis was the co-discover of the rings of Uranus in 1977.
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Percivel Lowell's mausoleum at Lowell Observatory
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The dome housing the 24
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The Pluto scope dome at Lowell Observatory.
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The 13
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Inside the Library Rotunda at Lowell Observatory
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The page from Clyde Tombaugh's logbook, filled on the night of the discovery of Pluto.
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Inside the Library Rotunda at Lowell Observatory, showing the 6
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Mount Humphrey, the highest peak in Arizona, was visible from Flagstaff and many of its surrounds.
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Local wildlife
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The 13
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A Saturn-styled light fixture hangs in the Lowell Library Rotunda
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Local art
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John Kocur at the 24
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The 24
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Ken Dore
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University of Northern Arizona's observatory
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University of Northern Arizona's 24
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Composite view of the 24
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The complete Skyscrapers group that made the trek to Arizona in front of the Rotonda at Lowell Observatory
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The original mount and tube for a 40
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Wooden sculpture of Percival Lowell
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The
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V.M. Slipher spectroscope
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The original blink comparator used by Clyde Tombaugh to discover the Planet Pluto in 1930, now on display in the Rotonda
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One of the two original photographic plates used in the discovery of Pluto. All writting is that of Clyde Tombaugh on the original envelope that contained the plate, now taped to a new storage envelope. The other plate resides at the Smithsonian Institution. Skyscrapers were very fortunate to have this
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The orignal photographic plate log book used by Clyde Tombaugh to record each exposed plate taken at the 13
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