U. of C. says goodbye to storied eye to the sky: But Wisconsin's Yerkes Observatory will be preserved for outreach to schools. From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: July 9, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: James Janega

Jul. 9--WILLIAMS BAY, Wis. -- In the gloaming between Earth and stars lurks the humpbacked silhouette of the University of Chicago's Yerkes Observatory, its great glass eye on a universe whose secrets it has plumbed since 1897. Armed with celebrated history, it faces a more modest future--educational outreach instead of cutting-edge research.

Obsolete almost as it was built, the observatory and its 40-inch-wide main telescope--still...

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