2001Two years after the completion of McCardell Bicentennial Hall, a DFM 24-inch reflecting telescope is installed in the dome atop the new building. Physics professors Steve Ratcliff and Frank Winkler commission the new telescope and its instrumentation. Feature ImageJeffrey Dunham and Middlebury Physics Curated ResourcesEmily Lam, “Heavenly Observatory Features Star Gazing,” Middlebury Campus, page 19, 3 October 2001 Sara Black, “Telescope Brings Life into Focus,” Middlebury Campus, 9 May 2007 “New Eye on the Sky,” Middlebury Magazine, page 12, Fall 2000 “Starry, Starry Night,” Middlebury Magazine, page 12, Spring 2001 Bob Handelman, “Silver Lining,” Middlebury Magazine, pages 26-27, Summer 2003 “Middlebury College Installation,” DFM Engineering “Installation of Our New 24-inch Telescope,” Department of Physics. Jennifer Varney, “Ratcliff Wishes on a Midnight Star,” Middlebury Campus, 5 May 1994 Robert Keren, “Seeing Stars,” Middlebury Magazine, 30 July 2012 |