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	Percival Lowell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lowell's mausoleum is in the grounds of his observatory.
		Percival Lowell, who was a descendant of the distinguished Boston Lowell family, was the brother of A.
		Lowell's greatest contribution to planetary studies came during the last 8 years of his life, which he devoted to the search for Planet X, which was the designation for a planet beyond Neptune.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Percival_Lowell (621 words)

	Lowell Observatory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Percival observing Mars from the Clark telescope at the Lowell Observatory.
		Lowell Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.
		The Perkins telescope was moved to Lowell in 1961 from Perkins Observatory in Delaware, Ohio.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lowell_Observatory (419 words)

	About Lowell Observatory - Percival Lowell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Percival Lowell was born in 1855 in Boston.
		Lowell graduated from Harvard in 1876 with distinction in mathematics.
		Lowell concluded that the bright areas were deserts and the dark were patches of vegetation.
	www.lowell.edu /AboutLowell/plowell.html (438 words)

	Sea and Sky: Tycho Brahe
		Founder of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, strong supporter of the theory of canals on the planet Mars, first to realize the possibility of a ninth planet beyond the orbit of Neptune.
		Percival Lowell was born in 1855 to a distinguished New England family.
		The observatory was ideally situated at an altitude of 7000 feet.
	www.seasky.org /spacexp/sky5e12.html (455 words)

	Lowell, Percival (1855-1916)
		Lowell countered by arguing that large telescopes were ill-suited to planetary observation and, in any case, much depended on the seeing conditions which, he asserted, at Flagstaff were among the best available.
		Lowell claimed that the canals only appeared to him from time to time – rare and precious visions – when the seeing was excellent.
		But Lowell would have none of it and pressed on, single-mindedly, in his pursuit of proof that the network of waterways was both real and intelligently constructed.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/L/LowellP.html (1021 words)

	Lowell Observatory
		The original observatory building at Flagstaff, housing the 24-inch Clarke telescope, at an altitude of 2,210 meters (7,180 ft.) on top of a mesa known as Mars Hill, is now a National Historic Landmark.
		From here Lowell sought evidence of Martian canals (to support his thesis that Mars was inhabited by an intelligent, technological race) and of a ninth planet.
		Lowell astronomers were also the first to detect the rings of Uranus.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/L/LowellObs.html (299 words)

	Lowell Observatory: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Percival lowell (march 13, 1855 - november 13, 1916) was a wealthy amateur astronomer who was convinced that there were canals on mars, and...
		The kitt peak national observatory (kpno) is located on a 2,096 m (6,880 ft) peak of the quinlan mountains in the arizona-sonoran desert on the...
		The united states naval observatory (usno) is one of the oldest scientific agencies in the united states....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/lo/lowell_observatory.htm (775 words)

	Lowell Observatory - Flagstaff, Arizona (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Lowell Observatory was founded by Percival Lowell in 1894.
		The observatory has a rich history of observations, among those being the ones that led to the discovery of the planet PLuto by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930.
		Lowell was also fascinated with the planet Mars and as a result the name of the location which contains the observatory is now appropriately named Mars Hill.
	www.kaibab.org /other/gc_oa_lo.htm (337 words)

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		Given to Lowell when he was 15 years old by his mother and used on their roof in Brookline, Mass.
		The 24 inch was Percival Lowell's primary instrument in his Mars investigations, and was used by V.M Slipher to measure the redshifts of galaxies & thus discover the expansion of the universe.
		At Lowell, it was intended for lunar mapping, but it was not a successful lens, since it need to be stopped down to about 16 inches to provide a sharp image.
	home.europa.com /~telscope/lowell.txt (2036 words)

	AllRefer.com - Lowell Observatory (Astronomical Observatories) - Encyclopedia
		Lowell Observatory, astronomical observatory located in Flagstaff, Ariz.; it was founded in 1894 by Percival Lowell, the American astronomer who popularized the idea that Mars might support intelligent life.
		Many discoveries of fundamental importance have been made by the observatory, especially by V. Slipher, its director from 1916 to 1954.
		His discovery that nearly all these nebulae, now known as galaxies, were apparently moving away from the earth led to Edwin Hubble's work and the discovery of the expanding universe.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/LowellOb.html (372 words)

	azcentral.com travel \| Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff
		It was Percival Lowell, a wealthy amateur astronomer from Boston who first suspected its existence while viewing the heavens from the mesa overlooking the small town of Flagstaff.
		Today, however, the Lowell Observatory's effectiveness is compromised by the same kind of bright lights he evaded - but its work continues.
		Although Lowell never proved his theory of life on Mars - he thought the marks on the planet were man-made canals - Lowell's astronomers discovered evidence of an expanding universe and identified the rings of Uranus.
	azcentral.com /travel/arizona/features/articles/archive/flaglowell.html (310 words)

	Pluto: The Discovery of a Planet - Explore the Cosmos \| The Planetary Society
		In the 1890’s Lowell became the leading advocate of the theory that Mars was crisscrossed by an elaborate network of “canals.” Lowell believed that the canals were the work of an intelligent alien race, forced to divert water from the polar ice-caps by the drying up of surface water on their planet.
		It was not until 1927, with their legal troubles behind them, that the staff of the Lowell observatory felt ready to continue in the quest of their founder.
		And although V. Slipher was conducting groundbreaking research at the observatory into the spectrum and speed of receding galaxies, nothing would redeem the name of the observatory and its founder like the discovery of the planet he predicted.
	www.planetary.org /explore/topics/our_solar_system/pluto/plutodiscovery3.html (956 words)

	Lowell Observatory - Gateway To Sedona Arizona (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lowell Observatory boasts nine telescopes at its two sites in northern Arizona and a tenth telescope near Perth in western Australia.
		In addition, Lowell astronomers explore the universe using facilities in space such as the Hubble Space Telescope, Cassini and the Galileo spacecraft.
		Though Percival Lowell died before ever seeing the planet, he closely predicted its location: Pluto was discovered within six degrees of where he said it would be in the sky.
	www.gatewaytosedona.com /special_lowellobservatory3.htm (445 words)

	NASA's Solar System Exploration: News & Events: 02.04.05: Pluto at 75
		Lowell Observatory's search for a ninth planet was begun by founder Percival Lowell in 1905.
		In addition to its Pluto research, Lowell Observatory has ongoing and long-term programs to identify near-Earth asteroids, survey a region of the solar system beyond Neptune known as the Kuiper Belt, conduct decades-long research on the sun and sun-like stars, study comets, search for extrasolar planets, and pursue a variety of astrophysical investigations.
		Lowell Observatory's mission is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach programs to bring the results of astronomical research to the general public.
	solarsystem.nasa.gov /news/display.cfm?News_ID=10381 (634 words)

	Zacholio: 06/27/2004 - 07/03/2004
		In 1894 Percival Lowell, a wealthy Harvard mathematician, founded the campus that now bares his name with the intention of verifying his theorie that there was a ninth planet in our solar system (which he called "Planet X") and that Mars could possibly have intelligent life.
		Lowell Observatory and Discovery Communications Inc. announced on October 15, 2003 the merging of their teams to build what will be "among the most sophisticated ground-based telescopes of its size" on the Lowell Observatory campus.
		The Lowell Observatory is very nicely landscaped with native plants of the surrounding areas and other shrubbery that compliment existing foliage (I was originally an architectual landscaping major, so I notice stuff like that).
	webweevers.com /blog/archive/2004_06_27_archive.htm (1625 words)

	Bill Keel's Telescope Life List - Lowell Observatory
		Lowell maintains a modest visiting-observer program, through whose good graces I've gotten a large collection of galaxy images (especially of interacting systems) through the 1.1-meter Hall telescope.
		One of the more unusual sights on Mars Hill is Percival Lowell's tomb, remniscent of both the dome of an observatory and the night sky, overlooking Flagstaff.
		Both Lowell sites may be seen in these USGS images from the Terraserver site (go straight there for the Flagstaff or Anderson Mesa locations).
	www.astr.ua.edu /keel/telescopes/lowell.html (509 words)

	The Lowell Observatory, Martian Canals and Photographs.
		Percival Lowell, Director of the Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff, Ariz., stating that the canals of Mars have been photographed there for the first time.
		And the Lamont-Hussey Observatory was operated by the University of Michigan for many years, including the period when Earl made his observations.
		It is unfortunate that Lowell never considered a better explanation, that the canals were optical illusions.
	www.umich.edu /~lowbrows/reflections/2004/dsnyder.12.html (1291 words)

	The Discovery of Pluto - Percival Lowell's Quest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lowell had become interested in studying what he thought were artificial canals on Mars, and in 1894 established the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.
		Lowell's discouragement deepened when the American Academy of Arts and Sciences declined to publish his paper on his theoretical and observational efforts to find the ninth planet.
		The observatory staff was ready to use the observatory endowment to carry on Lowell's work, but Lowell's widow was not enthusiastic about this arrangement.
	www.discoveryofpluto.com /pluto04.html (484 words)

	Astromart News - Historic Lowell Observatory -- Still Going Strong After All These Years
		This refracting telescope was purchased by Percival Lowell in 1896.
		Around the turn of the century, Percival Lowell used this telescope to study Mars and what he believed to be the canals that were constructed by intelligent beings on the planet.
		Since then, the Lowell Observatory 21-inch has supported a steady stream of variable star work, early interstellar polarization measurements, drift scans of the Andromeda Galaxy, characterization of the variability of sunlike stars, 50-plus-year lightcurves of Uranus and Neptune, and a complete 29.5-year seasonal lightcurve of Saturn’s moon, Titan.
	www.astromart.com /news/news.asp?news_id=462 (563 words)

	Corning to Supply Mirror Blanks for Research Telescope at Lowell Observatory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Lowell Observatory - a renowned privately owned astronomical research institution founded nearly 100 years ago - will use the telescope for a wide variety of astronomical uses, from studying star formations in other galaxies to surveying manmade objects orbiting the earth.
		The four-meter telescope will serve the research goals of the Lowell Observatory and the interests of Discovery Communications, the parent company of cable television’s Discovery Channel.
		Observatory expects the telescope to be fully operational in 2008
	www.corning.com /semiconductoroptics/media_center/press_releases/2003/lowell_20031118.asp (372 words)

	Lowell Observatory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Scientists at this observatory in Arizona will obtain visible-light images, using charged-coupled devices (CCDs), of all faces of Jupiter immediately before encounters, record the flashes produced by incoming fireballs as reflected off Jupiter's larger moons and document changes in the planet's appearance.
		Lowell Image of Fragment R Impact (July 21, 1994).
		Lowell Images of Fragment ACEGKLQ2R Impacts (July 21, 1994).
	www.jpl.nasa.gov /sl9/lowell.html (108 words)

	Lowell seeking new telescope (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The company has pledged $10 million to the project, and the observatory has either raised or has commitments for another $10 million.
		John Hendricks, founder and chairman of Discovery Communications, is also a member of the Lowell advisory board.
		"Lowell could build a $30 million telescope without an additional contributor, but it would be painful," Sebring said.
	www.azcentral.com /abgnews/articles/0101LOWELL01a.html (744 words)

	The Discovery of Pluto - The Search Continues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Percival Lowell had started out inspecting his plates with a magnifying glass, but Tombaugh used a blink comparator, which allowed him to view two plates simultaneously and look for any movement that would betray the existence of a planet.
		Constance Lowell naturally felt she had some say in the matter of naming the planet her husband had sought after for so long.
		The observatory officially proposed the name Pluto on May 1, 1930, with the symbol being PL, the first two letters of Pluto and coincidentally the initials of Percival Lowell.
	www.discoveryofpluto.com /pluto05.html (550 words)

	MARS - Observation - Exploring The Planets
		Lowell Observatory is still one of the foremost sites for telescopic studies of Mars and the other planets.
		The canali were also observed by Lowell who concluded they were canals built by intelligent beings.
		Today we know that there are no canals built by intelligent beings on Mars and that Lowell was mistaken in his conclusions.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/ceps/etp/mars/observe.html (348 words)

	Percival Lowell
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	The “Conjunction” of Frank Seagrave and Percival Lowell
		Though I do not currently have any correspondence from Lowell to Seagrave during their many years of friendship that states that Seagrave would be allowed to be one of the first to compute Pluto’s orbit, it doesn’t seem to me to be a leap of faith that it had been verbally promised to Frank.
		This because it seemed best for Lowell Observatory to find it out and make it known if the object were thus shown to be less important than it had appeared.
		Lowell and the Observatory had put so much into the problem as to appear to justify this policy.
	www.theskyscrapers.org /content3499.html (2505 words)

	The Morgan Telescopes at Lowell Observatory
		The move, however, was contingent on a firm commitment from ACIC in St. Louis and the Cambridge Air Force Research Center in Rome, N.Y. for rental of the telescope after it was moved to Flagstaff.
		Then it was agreed that Lowell would keep the first $30,000 of rent paid by the Map Service to offset moving costs, but all subsequent payments would be forwarded to Mr.
		April 15, 1964 was a great day at Lowell Observatory when people from NASA, ACIC and Roger Putnam were all here to first dedicate the 20-inch Morgan refractor, then the dignitaries turned the first shovel full of dirt for Beginning the building of the Planetary Research Center.
	odin.prohosting.com /leamb/Morgan/Lowell.html (2073 words)

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