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Oklahoma, University of
(Encyclopedia) Oklahoma, University of, mainly at Norman, state supported; coeducational; chartered 1890, opened 1892. The schools of medicine and nursing, with hospitals and a research foundation,…telescope
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Mirror arrangements for a reflecting telescope telescope, traditionally, a system of lenses, mirrors, or both, used to gather light from a distant object and form an image of…Spitzer Space Telescope
(Encyclopedia) Spitzer Space Telescope: see infrared astronomy; observatory, orbiting.Kitt Peak
(Encyclopedia) Kitt Peak, 6,875 ft (2,095 m) high, on the Papago reservation in the Quinlan Mts., S Ariz., SW of Tucson. It is the site of Kitt Peak National Observatory.Arizona, University of
(Encyclopedia) Arizona, University of, at Tucson; land-grant and state-supported; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891. Because of the proximity of Pueblo villages and rich archaeological sites…Wilson, Mount
(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Mount, peak, 5,710 ft (1,740 m) high, S Calif., in the San Gabriel Mts., NE of Pasadena. It is the site of Mt. Wilson Observatory (est. 1904), one of the Hale Observatories. A…Mitchell, Maria
(Encyclopedia) Mitchell, Maria, 1818–89, American astronomer and educator, b. Nantucket, Mass. Mitchell taught school in Nantucket, and later became a librarian. On Oct. 1, 1847, Mitchell discovered…Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
(Encyclopedia) Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO), series of four orbiting observatories (see observatory, orbiting) launched between 1966 and 1972 by the National Aeronautics and Space…Russell, Henry Norris
(Encyclopedia) Russell, Henry Norris, 1877–1957, American astronomer, b. Oyster Bay, N.Y., grad. Princeton, 1897. In 1902 he went to Cambridge, England, to study. He returned to Princeton in 1905,…Hamilton, Mount
(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, Mount, peak 4,372 ft (1,333 m) high, W Calif., in the Coast Ranges, E of San Jose. It is the site of Lick Observatory (built 1876–88), directed by the Univ. of California…Trending
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