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NRAO - Green Bank(en)USA / West_Virginia / Durbin observatory, astronomy, telescopeNational Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, home of the world's largest fully steerable single aperture antenna. A "radio quiet zone" has been imposed around this facility, in order to keep any Earth-based signals from interfering with the telescope's work.
Национальная радиоастрономическая обсерватория(ru)USA / West_Virginia / Durbin observatory, astronomy, telescope
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
Palomar-Observatorium(de)USA / California / Valley_Center observatory, jpl, caltech, cornell, telescopeDas Palomar-Observatorium ist eine Sternwarte, das vor allem durch das 5-Meter-Spiegelteleskop, dem Hale-Teleskop, bekannt ist. Es befindet sich auf dem Gipfel des 1706 Meter hohen Palomar Mountain ca. 80 Kilometer nordöstlich von San Diego in Kalifornien. Heute gehört das Observatorium
Паломáрская обсерватóрия(ru)USA / California / Valley_Center observatory, jpl, caltech, cornell, telescopeПаломáрская обсерватóрия — частная обсерватория в Округ Сан-Диего, Калифорния в 145 километрах к юговостоку от Маунт-Вилсоновской обсерватории, на горе Паломар. Она принадлежит и управляется Калифорнийским технологическим институтом (Калтехом). Сама обсерватория на данный момент состоит из четырёх основных инструментов: 200-дюймовый (5.08
Observatory Cafe(en)Australia / Victoria / Melbourne (Melbourne)
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...
Paul Wild Observatory(en)Australia / New_South_Wales / Narrabri radio, astronomy, telescope, optician, interferometerSite of the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), Radioastronomy Centre and Sydney University Stellar Interferometer (SUSI) Operated on behalf of the CSIRO Australia Telescope
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
Samrat Yantra(en)India / Rajasthan / Jaipur (Jaipur)observatoryThe Jantar Mantar was the largest of the five Astronomical Observatories built by Jai Singh. The Samrat Yantra is the world's largest sundial, standing 27 meters (73 feet) high.
Dunedin Observatory(en)New_Zealand / Otago / Dunedin (Dunedin)The Beverly-Begg Observatory on Robin Hood Park, Dunedin www.rasnz.org.nz/affsoc.htm#Dunedin
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
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