Piute County News | 1925-05-22 | Page 1 | U. of U. Observatory Open to Public

Type issue
Date 1925-05-22
Paper Piute County News
Language eng
City Junction
County Piute
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Article Title U. of U. Observatory Open to Public
Type article
Date 1925-05-22
Paper Piute County News
Language eng
City Junction
County Piute
Page 1
OCR Text 0 ival or y to F b 10 11 by popular request the university lyof of utah observatory will be held open to the general public every tuesday even evening i ng between ean the hours of and PM the telescope will wil I 1 bie be adjusted and trained upon the most important heavenly bodies so that all who are interested may without charge view the plane tesi mal system on thursday nights the observatory will be open only to students registered registered in astronomy tr onomy it will r i nain open for the remainder of the school year every tuesday and thursday the weather permits the adjusting of the telescope and all observations will be under the direct shoei vision of professor david it allen alien instructor in astronomy asti onomy who has planned to give his time to the observatory in explaining the various vanous phenomena observed A great many people both and public seem to have a great interest in this tin s work and have expressed their pleasure at being able to make use of the observatory and its equipment the telescope housed in the observatory is one of the be beat A and argest in the inter mountain west having a six inch lense lease it bisone isone is one of the most modern having an electrically operated clock to direct its movement so that once focused upon tin an object it will follow it through its orbit the telez telescope cope was purchased about eight i years cars ago by the ae state university and hap hac been in conE conetah twit use since since that time astronomy is again being taught at the university lity ity this year by professor allen alien after being discontinued for a year due to proffesor pur r allen alien being away on sabbatical leave many new and interesting points were brought back by professor allen alien so iso that a great deal is to be learned about the isolar eolar system 1 TJ of U L news nevva 13 bureau preau
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