Solar vacuum telescope closes after thirty years

Attendees on the occasion of the final observations with the KPVT. Left to right: Bill Livingston, Keith Pierce, Detrick Branston, Elena Malanushenko, Harrison Jones, Teresa Bippert-Plymate, Trudy Griffen-Pierce, Tom Duvall and Linda Klemz, Kevin Schramm, Gerry Duffek, Dave Johnson, Bruce Gillespie, Michael Duffek, Dave Hauth, Claude Plymate. Missing: Jack Harvey (who took this picture). See the article about the closing of the KPVT after thirty years, from the December 2003 NOAO Newsletter (currently only available in PDF format).