Lowell Astronomical Telescope Observatory

In Flagstaff City, the state of Arizona you can find the Lowell astronomical telescope Observatory. Actually the Observatory has two operating locations in the city – with the main facility found on Mars Hill.

Mars Hill is where the 24 inches (or 60 centimeters) Clark Refracting Telescope is found.

The Clark Refracting Telescope was actually built in Massachusetts by Alvan Clark, well-known American astronomer, optician and builder of astronomical telescope, eyepieces and lenses, and responsible for building some of the most famous refracting telescope equipments in the United States.

The Clark refracting telescope is built in 1896 and presently available for public use.

The other Lowell observatory location is found in Anderson Mesa Station. While the Mars Hill houses a refracting telescope, the Lowell observatory Anderson Mesa station has some reliable reflecting telescope equipments:

The 72 inch Perkins reflecting telescope

The Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search Schmidt scope (astronomical telescope primarily for use on near earth astronomical objects)

The 42 inch John Hall reflecting telescope

And another 31 inch reflecting telescope (previously utilized for research by the USGS)

The Lowell telescope observatory has secured a place in astronomical history wherein its refracting telescope and reflecting telescope equipments played a major role in astronomical discoveries.

Presently Lowell observatory is undergoing construction of its largest scope, the Discovery Channel Scope, which will be operational few years from now.