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Monday, November 7, 2011

The sky through a 17-foot lens

The biggest lens. Seventeen feet to be exact. I was able to see jupiter and its moons!

Steve Bornemeier looks into the sky at the Morrison Observatory in Fayette, Mo. The observatory has several telescopes, including one that is more than 130 years old.


Cameron McCalister climbs the stairs to the 130-year-old telescope housed in Fayette's Morrison Observatory on Oct. 27. The observatory is open for public viewing on Thursday evenings.

A photograph titled "The Moon at Twenty Days" hangs in the Morrison Observatory in Fayette. The observatory has been on Central Methodist University's campus since 1936.

Zane Rice, 9, and Steve Bornemeier look into a telescope at the Morrison Observatory in Fayette. The observatory has several telescopes, including one that is more than 130 years old.

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