Special thanks to the Willard L. Eccles Foundation and the Katherine W. Dumke & Ezekiel R. Dumke Jr. Foundation, for their generous donations which made this observatory possible.
First Light
••• The Department of Physics & Astronomy would also like to acknowledge the following individuals & organizations for their invaluable support & expertise: The University of Utah The State of Utah Utah Commercial Contractors Mike McHugh (President) Jeff Jacobson (Project Superintendent) Bruce Crotty (Senior Project Manager) DFM Engineering (Telescope Manufacturer) Frank Melsheimer (President) Ian Huss (Production Manager) Richard Neel (Machinist) The Bureau of Land Management Matthew Custer (Realty Specialist) The Center for High Performance Computing Joe Breen (Network Assistant Director) The Utah Education Network Jeff Egly (Associate Director) Brad Miller (Field Engineer) Beaver County Rob Adams (Economic Development Director) Craig Davis (Zoning Administrator) Donald J. Willden (Chairman, County Commissioners) and Paul Ricketts, Harold Simpson & Chris Zimmer.
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Dedication
Willard L. Eccles Observatory at Frisco Peak
Construction
November 11, 2009 James Fletcher Building The University of Utah Completion
SCHEDULE
Department Astronomers Adam Bolton
Assistant Professor bolton@physics.utah.edu
4:00 pm - 103 JFB
Welcome
Ben Bromley
Professor bromley@physics.utah.edu
Prof. Paolo Gondolo Director – Astronomy, Astrophysics & Cosmology Institute
History of Astronomy at the University of Utah
Messier 81 Galaxy
Prof. David Kieda
Chairman – Department of Physics & Astronomy
Paolo Gondolo
Professor paolo@physics.utah.edu
Willard L. Eccles Observatory at Frisco Peak
Prof. R. Wayne Springer Associate Professor
Inese Ivans
Assistant Professor iii@physics.utah.edu
Sloan Digital Sky Survey III Prof. Kyle Dawson
Dave Kieda
Assistant Professor
Concluding Comments & Special Thanks
Veil Nebula
Professor kieda@physics.utah.edu
Stephan LeBohec
Prof. Pierre Sokolsky
Assistant Professor lebohec@physics.utah.edu
Dean – College of Science
5:00 pm - JFB Rotunda
Kyle Dawson
Assistant Professor dawson@physics.utah.edu
Wayne Springer
Associate Professor springer@physics.utah.edu
Public Reception
Light refreshments will be served. Frank Van Den Bosch
Associate Professor vdbosch@physics.utah.edu All constellation images in this program and the slideshow presentations were taken at the Willard L. Eccles Observatory at Frisco Peak, UT.
A graduate student working with the pulsed electron Horsehead Nebulaspin resonance facility.
Images courtesy of Harold Simpson & Paul Ricketts