The awe of night

A dramatic view of the Thaw Memorial Refractor from inside the observatory's largest dome. This image was made with a five-minute exposure of the top of the dome rotating.
For nearly three centuries, a scientific debate lingered about the brilliant rings rotating around Saturn: Were they solid discs or made of some other matter?

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  • Issue Quarter Fall
  • Issue Year 2014
  • Sub Heading After 155 years, Pitt’s Allegheny Observatory continues to chronicle the heavens
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