BU Lowell Partnership
Since August 1, 1998 Boston University and Lowell Observatory have jointly operated the 72-inch Perkins telescope. The telescope is located on Anderson Mesa, near Flagstaff, AZ. BU and Lowell Observatory astronomers share the use of the Perkins telescope equally. In addition, a total of 60 nights per year on the Perkins telescope is available to outside users through the NSF PREST program. Members of BU’s Institute for Astrophysical Research (IAR) have recently built two new instruments for use on the Perkins telescope: PRISM, which provides optical imaging, polarimetry, and spectroscopy, and Mimir, which provides near-IR imaging, polarimetry, and spectroscopy.
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