University of Utah's New Eccles Observatory (IMAGE)

University of Utah

University of Utah's New Eccles Observatory

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Located at an elevation of about 9,600 feet on Frisco Peak in southern Utah, the Willard L. Eccles Observatory's dome houses a 32-inch reflecting telescope. The University of Utah observatory recently made its first observations, known as "first light."

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Harold Simpson, University of Utah.

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