University of Utah celebrates telescope's 'first light'

New observatory opens at 9,600 feet elevation on Frisco Peak in southern Utah

		IMAGE: A section of the high-precision fork mount that holds a 32-inch reflecting telescope is hauled into place during construction of the University of Utah's Willard L. Eccles Observatory on Frisco... Click here for more information.

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 4, 2009 – The University of Utah will celebrate the initial observations or "first light" of its new $860,000 research telescope in southwest Utah during a Wednesday, Nov. 11 symposium and reception on the Salt Lake City campus.