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Memphis Astronomical Society AllSky Cameras AstroFlats Member Only Dark Sky Site North East of Memphis Memphis AllSky South East Memphis Next General Meeting March 3 2025 700pm CST ZOOM Only mtg. Yerkes Observatory SpeakerLuke Schmidt Observatory Project Scientist at Yerkes Observatory In 1892 a brilliant young professor of astrophysics at the thennew University of Chicago learned of two 40inch telescope lens blanks collecting dust in a warehouse. They were just what George Ellery Hale was looking for to build the observatory of his dreams. He convinced the universitys president William Rainey Harper to acquire the lenses and secure what was essentially a blank check from Chicago tycoon Charles Tyson Yerkes to build a different kind of observatory.