In July of 2012, the University of Toledo signed an agreement with the historic Lowell
Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona that gives our astronomers access to a new cutting-edge
telescope in their study of the Universe. The DCT, or Discovery Channel Telescope’s primary mirror is fourteen feet in diameter, which makes it the fifth largest telescope
in the continental United States. With this agreement, University of Toledo Astronomers
join the ranks of a small number of universities that have dedicated access to such
an advanced facility allowing long term research projects.
This short promotional program highlights the unique characteristics of this facility,
along with the experiences that the astronomers here at UT have had with such a new
and powerful tool. UT's Department of Physics and Astronomy's access to the DCT is
huge step into uncovering many mysteries of the Universe!