Touring Oak Ridge Observatory (Photos)

By Space.com Staff
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Oak Ridge Observatory Telescope Building

Nola Taylor Redd, 2016

The observatory's director would climb the ladder on the side of the telescope building to grease the wheels on the section of the roof that opened up to allow the telescope to observe the sky.

Robert Stefanik, Former Director of Oak Ridge Observatory

Nola Taylor Redd, 2016

Robert Stefanik, the last person to serve as director of the observatory, in the spring of 2016.

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