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The astronomer who discovered the first black hole stood crying yesterday in the foyer of the David Dunlap Observatory as helpers carried out boxes containing 37 years of his work.

You probably cant print what I think. The nicest way I could put it is disappointed - Tom Bolton, a long-time professor of astronomy and astrophysics, who has explored the heavens using Canadas largest telescope since 1971.

On Wednesday, the University of Toronto sent him an e-mail giving him 10 days to get off the premises.

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The David Dunlap Observatory (DDO) is a large astronomical observatory site for the University of Toronto, located just north of the city in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Its primary instrument is a 74 inch (1.88 m) reflector telescope, at one time the second largest telescope in the world, and still the largest in Canada.

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Latitude: 43°5144N Longitude: 79°2521W




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