Explore Lowell Observatory with the Arizona SciTech Festival 2021

Date and Time for this Past Event

Saturday, Feb 27, 2021 2pm - 2:30pm

Details

Lowell Observatory educator Victoria Girgis gives a live tour of Lowell Observatory that spans more than 90 years. Beginning at the Pluto Discovery Telescope, she talks about the observatory’s discovery of Pluto in 1930. Then she moves to the modern Giovale Open Deck Observatory, a public observing plaza that opened in October 2019 and houses six advanced telescopes.

Learn more about the discovery of Pluto: https://lowell.edu/the-story-of-pluto/ Learn more about the Giovale Open Deck Observatory: https://lowell.edu/giovale-open-deck-observatory/  Learn more about the Arizona SciTech Festival: https://scitechinstitute.org/festival/

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