Lowell Observatory comparing these measurements with a reference set of Sun-like stars. Lowell Observatory is building a major new reflecting telescope in partnership with Discovery Communications, located near Happy Jack, Arizona. This Discovery Channel Telescope (DCT), located within the Mogollon Rim Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest, is expected to be the fifth-largest telescope in the contiguous United States, and it will enable the astronomers of Lowell Observatory to enter new research areas deeper into outer space. The DCT and the research carried out there will be the focus of ongoing informative and educational television programs about astronomy, the sciences, and
Lowell, Arkansas north of Bentonville and south to Fayetteville and to Fort Smith. Highway 264 is a main east-west road in Lowell, connecting I-49 and US 71B. Water and sewer service in Lowell is mostly provided by Springdale Water Utilities, with a small portion of northern Lowell receiving service from Rogers Water Utilities. Subdivisions in western Lowell operate on decentralized sewer systems due to a lack of available gravity sewer service. Potable water for much of Northwest Arkansas is treated by Beaver Water District's water treatment plant, located in eastern Lowell near Beaver Lake. Wastewater is collected by gravity sewer and sent