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The Discovery Channel Telescope

The Discovery Channel Telescope
The Discovery Channel Telescope Tyler McCracken, a postdoctoral associate with the Yale University Exoplanet Group, poses in front of the 4.3-meter Discovery Channel Telescope at Lowell Observatory's Happy Jack site, southeast of Flagstaff, Ariz. The Yale team will use the telescope as part of their 100 Earths project, which will seek out 100 Earth-like planets around other stars. Yale University Exoplanet Group