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• A telescope once owned by Albert Einstein has been found more than 50 years after his death. The telescope sat in a shed at the Hebrew University until biologist Eshel Ophir compared it to archival photographs and realized it had been Einstein's. After three years and $10,000 worth of restoration costs, the school will make the telescope available to use for the public on September 25, 2008.[MSNBC: Long-lost Einstein telescope found, restored (September 23, 2008)

• Fast Facts

  1. Einstein willed telescope to Hebrew University[MSNBC: Long-lost Einstein telescope found, restored (September 23, 2008)
  2. Restored by Meyerhoff Science CenterYnet News: Einstein telescope found in Hebrew University's basement (September 22, 2008)
  3. Found in Givat Ram PlanetariumYnet News: Einstein telescope found in Hebrew University's basement (September 22, 2008)
  4. Found in Givat Ram Planetarium
  5. Public can use telescope starting September 25, 2008[MSNBC: Long-lost Einstein telescope found, restored (September 23, 2008)
  6. Another telescope was previously thought to be Einstein's[MSNBC: Long-lost Einstein telescope found, restored (September 23, 2008)
  7. Einstein co-founded Hebrew University[MSNBC: Long-lost Einstein telescope found, restored (September 23, 2008)
  8. Originally a gift from Zvi Gizeri[MSNBC: Long-lost Einstein telescope found, restored (September 23, 2008)

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