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Morehead Planetarium and Science Center(en)USA / North_Carolina / Chapel_Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)museum, observatory, planetariumGreat Planetarium, Apollo 11 Astronauts trained here. Website: www.moreheadplanetarium.org/
Mount Palomar Observatory(en)USA / California / Valley_Center observatory, jpl, caltech, cornell, telescopeHome to the 200" Hale telescope. The Hale Telescope doubled the size of the then largest telescope (the 100" Hooker on Mount Wilson). It revoultionized astronomy. Also here is the 48" Schmidt Camera (now called the Samuel Oschin Camera) which
Johnston Ridge Observatory(en)USA / Washington / Morton park, nationalwww.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/ vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/NatMonument/PointsInte... gonorthwest.com/Washington/cascades/mt_st_helens/johnst...
Leander McCormick Observatory(en)USA / Virginia / Charlottesville (Charlottesville)museum, observatory, astronomyLeander McCormick Observatory (www.astro.virginia.edu/research/observatories/26inch/hi... Home to a 26-inch Alvan Clark & Sons refracting telescope, the tenth largest refractor in the world, it was the largest in the United States when dedicated in 1885. During the 20th century it was used
Fan Mountain Observatory(en)USA / Virginia / Crozet museum, observatory, astronomyFan Mountain Observatory, of the University of Virginia's Department of Astronomy. This is the research observatory, and is closed to the public except for an open house held twice a year. It is free, but tickets are required (www.astro.virginia.edu/public_outreach/pubnite.html). Three
National Radio Astronomy Observatory Headquarters(en)USA / Virginia / Charlottesville (Charlottesville)observatory, astronomyStone Hall - Headquarters of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), and the North American ALMA Science Center. No radio telescopes here, but lots of radio astronomers and engineers. www.cv.nrao.edu NRAO has other facilities in West Virginia, New Mexico, Arizona,
Observatory Water Treatment Plant(en)USA / Virginia / Charlottesville (Charlottesville)waterThe site of the University of Virginia's second reservoir in the 19th century, now part of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority's water treatment system
Mount Jefferson Observatory Hill(en)USA / Virginia / Charlottesville (Charlottesville)mountain, observatory, hiking, bikingKnown as Reservoir Mountain in the early 19th century (for the reservoir which provided the water for the University in its infancy), renamed Observatory Mountain after Jefferson sited an observatory here in the 1820's. Renamed to Mount Jefferson in the
Alden House (Director's House)(en)USA / Virginia / Charlottesville (Charlottesville)observatory, science, astronomyThe residence of the director of Leander McCormick Observatory. Built in 1883 for the first director, Ormond Stone, subsequent directors Samuel Alfred Mitchell, Harold Alden, and Laurence Fredrick have all lived here. Current plans call for the restoration of the
Observatory(en)USA / Tennessee / Murfreesboro (Murfreesboro, TN)
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University(en)USA / New_Jersey / Rockleigh university, science, earthwww.ldeo.columbia.edu World class research institute dedicated to discovering more about our planet.
Portland Observatory Maritime Signal Tower(en)USA / Maine / Portland (Portland, Maine)towerBuilt 1807, Sea captain-turned-entrepreneur, Lemuel Moody (1768-1846), ordered construction of this octagonal, 86 feet-high tower to serve as a communication station for Portland's bustling harbor. With his powerful telescope, Moody identified incoming vessels and then signaled merchants with coded signal
National Radio Astronomy Observatory - Technology Center(en)USA / Virginia / Charlottesville The home of the Central Development Lab and the ALMA Electronics Division of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. Where the sensitive detectors are built for radio telescopes.
John Deere Planetarium and Carl Gamble Observatory(en)USA / Illinois / Rock_Island (Quad Cities)observatory, planetariumThe John Deere Planetarium and Carl Gamble Observatory offer programs to the public several times a year. Admission is free.
Monroe Hill(en)USA / Virginia / Charlottesville (Charlottesville)house, observatory, jefferson, monroePart of 800 acre parcel purchased by James Monroe in the late 1780's (to fulfill his desire to live near Monticello); he lived here during the 1790's before moving to Highland (now Ashlawn Highland). The oldest surviving building served as
Fan Mountains(en)USA / Virginia / Scottsville mountain, observatoryThe eastern slopes of the Fan Mountains are the source of soapstone that was long used by Native Americans and European settlers in the area. This soapstone was commercially exploited starting in 1883, by James Serene when he opened the
Kitt Peak National Observatory(en)USA / Arizona / Sells museum, observatory, astronomy, astronomy, radioteleskop, observatoriumwww.noao.edu/kpno
Old radar tower (2 of 2) with observatory dome added.(en)USA / Virginia / Great_Falls
Observatory Park (Part of Turner Farm Park)(en)USA / Virginia / Great_Falls parkDrawn Map of park: www.analemma.org/parkmap.html Historical info: This used to be a Nike Missle Tracking & Control station. members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/VA/Airfields_VA_Fa... See also nearby Nike (missle launch) Park site, wikimapia.org/#lat=38.9925714&lon=-77.327528&z=15&l=0&m... Observatory Park info: www.analemma.org/ Turner Farm Park info: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/turnerfarm/
Mount Wilson Observatory(en)USA / California / Sierra_Madre observatory, radio, astronomy, research, telescopesAll of the original facilities are still owned by the non-profit Carnegie Institution. Maintenance and operations of the site are now under the general direction of the non-profit Mount Wilson Institute. Control of individual assets are as follows: 150 foot
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