Repairs will be ‘a long process’ as Lick Observatory remains closed after storm damage

Lick Observatory, once the most powerful telescope in the world, has been temporarily closed by damage from a severe windstorm on Mount Hamilton near San Jose, the University of California, Santa Cruz, said.

A portion of the dome enclosing the 140-year-old refractor telescope was torn loose early Thursday by winds gusting up to 114 mph, the university said. None of the staff were injured.