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The Student News Site of Ithaca College

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The Student News Site of Ithaca College

The Ithacan

The Clinton B. Ford Observatory’s new Telescope is now in place

By Morgana Zendejas Peterson and Thomas Kerrigan • October 19, 2022

In 1998, the college built the Clinton B. Ford Observatory with funding from Clinton B. Ford — former trustee of the college — the National Science Foundation and Ithaca College. The observatory is primarily used by the Department of Physics and Astronomy for astronomy classes and research projects for physics majors.

Observatory under repair in hopes of viewing night in fall

By Jadyn Davis, Staff Writer • April 20, 2022
With IC's main observatory telescope out of commission, faculty and students are working to make sure the telescope is ready for use by Fall 2022.
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