Solar vacuum telescope closes after thirty years

[KPVT] Solar vacuum telescope closes after thirty years

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Attendees on the occasion of the final observations with the KPVT. Left to right: Bill Livingston, Keith Pierce, Detrick Branston, Elena Malanushenko, Harrison Jones, Teresa Bippert-Plymate, Trudy Griffen-Pierce, Tom Duvall and Linda Klemz, Kevin Schramm, Gerry Duffek, Dave Johnson, Bruce Gillespie, Michael Duffek, Dave Hauth, Claude Plymate. Missing: Jack Harvey (who took this picture).

See the article about the closing of the KPVT after thirty years, from the December 2003 NOAO Newsletter (currently only available in PDF format).

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