Storm damage at Lick Observatory update

[Denis Buczynski]

Hi Folks–

Here is a link from Professor Matthew Shetrone at Lick Observatory regarding the progress fixing the dome shutter at the 36-inch.

–JWB.
In case you are interested here is a short story written by a Science Communications student about the Storm Damage to the Great Refractor giving a human story and adding a little historical perspective.

Here is the link to the story now up on Lick’s website:

https://lick.science.ucsc.edu/2026/02/24/the-resilient-lick-observatory-rebounds-from-latest-crisis/

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[Nick James]

That’s a great Christmas story. Lick is a wonderful place. In fact it is one of my two favourite observatories in the world. The other is Lowell. Both are observatories built on a human scale and both have wonderful Clark refractors. Both also have great staff who make visitors feel very welcome.

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