Assembling a Telescope (IMAGE)

University of Utah

Assembling a Telescope

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A section of the high-precision fork mount that holds a 32-inch reflecting telescope is hauled into place during construction of the University of Utah's Willard L. Eccles Observatory on Frisco Peak in southern Utah. The telescope recently made its "first light" observations.

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Harold Simpson, University of Utah.

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