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The Devil's Dictionary: Observatory
by Ambrose Bierce OBLIVIONOBSESSEDOBSERVATORY -n. A place where astronomers conjecture away the guesses of their predecessors.Harvard College Observatory
(Encyclopedia) Harvard College Observatory, astronomical observatory located in Cambridge, Mass., operated by Harvard (Harvard College at the time of the observatory's founding in 1839). Its…Herschel Space Observatory (European Space Agency)
Destination: Earth's magnetosphere. Launch: 2007. Mission: To study how the first stars and galaxies were formed and to search for water in space. Formerly called the Far Infrared and…Royal Greenwich Observatory
(Encyclopedia) Royal Greenwich Observatory, astronomical observatory established in 1675 by Charles II of England at Greenwich and known as the Royal Observatory. It moved during 1948–57 to…Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
(Encyclopedia) Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, astronomical observatory located 35 mi (56 km) S of Tucson, Ariz., at an altitude of 8,500 ft (2,590 m). It is operated jointly by the Smithsonian…United States Naval Observatory
(Encyclopedia) United States Naval Observatory, a federal astronomical observatory, located in Washington, D. C. It evolved from the Navy's oldest scientific institution, the Depot of Charts and…Ritchey, George Willis
(Encyclopedia) Ritchey, George Willis, 1864–1945, American astronomer, b. Meigs co., Ohio, studied at the Univ. of Cincinnati (1883–84, 1886–87). He was superintendent of instrument construction (…observatory
(Encyclopedia) observatory, scientific facility especially equipped to detect and record naturally occurring scientific phenomena. Although geological and meteorological observatories exist, the term…Lick Observatory
(Encyclopedia) Lick Observatory, astronomical observatory located on Mt. Hamilton, Calif., near San Jose; the first mountaintop observatory in the world, it was founded through gifts made by James…Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
(Encyclopedia) Cerro Tololo Inter-American ObservatoryCerro Tololo Inter-American Observatorysāˈrō tōlōˈlō [key], astronomical observatory located on Cerro Tololo peak, Chile, with offices in La…Trending
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