The Big Telescope

May 3, 2008 at 11:34 PM
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Shown here is the Cincinnati Observatory's 16-inch Alvan Clark & Sons refracting telescope in its parked position. The telescope was delivered to this location in February 1904 and is in excellent operating condition. A weight-driven clock mechanism lets the big scope accurately track celestial objects across the sky. Photo by James Guilford.

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