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Ohio Wesleyan Gift Telescope Becomes Third Largest
The Perkins instrument, housed at Ohio Wesleyan, is the third largest reflecting telescope in the world. It weighs heavily on a 460 ton concrete base with a 61 inch mirror and 168 ton steel housing. Professor Hiram Perkins donated about 260000 for the project, with use first for student instruction, then public viewings, and finally research.
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