From collection Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Collection
Observatory - University of Maine, Orono, Maine B1
Image of the Observatory at the University of Maine, Orono, Maine, a small building capped by a dome, in a gently sloping setting with other structures nearby. At the right is part of the Agriculture Engineering complex. The Historic Clark Telescope was originally built in 1900, when the University of Maine was only known as the Maine State College. The Observatory was originally built on the site where the Fogler Library currently resides. In 1933 it was moved next to the Memorial Union. At the time this was the edge of campus, but with new buildings being added the university gradually grew to surround it. The added light pollution made the telescope much less useful for the observation of all but the brightest objects. In 2017 the Clark was relocated again to its current home behind the Emera Astronomy Center where the skies are much darker. https://astro.umaine.edu/observatory/tour/
