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December 2, 2022 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Seeing in Depth: Henry Fitz

165 years ago the Detroit Observatory received its historic refractor telescope. Handmade by Henry Fitz in New York, it was the third largest refractor telescope in the world. Its lens captured the light of countless stars and asteroids, helping astronomers explore a universe that we were only beginning to understand. Join the Detroit Observatory for...

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