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NASA to Renovate Cloudcroft Facility (1Sep94)
(from NSO, NOAO Newsletter No. 39, 1 September 1994)

An agreement has been reached for the National Solar Observatory to renovate
the Cloudcroft 48" telescope facility to house a 3 meter mercury mirror
telescope. NASA owns the telescope and will utilize it to look for space
debris. NSO will be responsible for contracting out the renovation and
maintaining the facility during NASA's use.

The Cloudcroft facility is ideal for their experiments. It is a very dark
location and the telescope building and pier appear excellent for their
application. NASA expects to install the telescope in the next 6 months and
stay as long as 5 years. Eventually, they hope to relocate the telescope to
an equatorial site.

Rex Hunter

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