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SPRING 2017
P R A I R I E
I
t took a two-operator
crane to gently lower
1,500 pounds of
telescope into the
college's research observatory dome
earlier this year. With this 27-inch
telescope — cumbersome full name:
PlaneWave Corrected Dall-Kirkham
— research students and faculty can
now see beyond the Milky Way for the
first time and study exoplanets,
nebulae, and quasars.
Star
power
Heads up
A State of New Jersey bond
covered the bill for this $325,000
telescope and its installation.
