10.5-inch Bausch Refracting Telescope with the first SBO manager, Dorothy Trotter.
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In 1971, the University received a grant from the Science Development Program of the National Science Foundation to purchase a new telescope. At that time, the 10.5-inch Bausch telescope was removed and dismantled, the mounting being placed in the lobby Fiske Planetarium and the objective glass was used to construct a solar telescope which was installed on the roof of the Duane Physics Building. Following the renovation of Fiske Planetarium in 2013, the telescope was removed with plans to refurbish it and put it on exhibit in Old Main.
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