Warner and Swasey Observatory

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4361. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Located at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, home of the Warner & Swasey 29 cm refractor. Built in the late 1800s, the telescope was displayed at the 1912 World's Fair, then acquired by Washburn College. Crane Observatory was built on campus to house the telescope. The Warner & Swasey survived a tornado in the 1960s. During telescope refurbishment, which was completed in 1998, all of the ori...

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