• Smith Observatory was an observatory at Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin. Completed in 1882, the observatory was funded by Janette S. Herrick and named...
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    William Robert Brooks (category Hobart and William Smith Colleges people)
    William Smith gifted the observatory to the college for which the college is now named Hobart and William Smith Colleges. The observatory is official...
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  • This is a list of observatory codes (IAU codes or MPC codes) published by the Minor Planet Center. For a detailed description, see observations of small...
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  • This is a partial list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and...
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  • Thompson Observatory was an astronomical observatory at Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin. The observatory was built in 1968 to replace the Smith Observatory...
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    McDonald Observatory is an astronomical observatory located near unincorporated community of Fort Davis in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States. The...
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  • National Bank of Geneva. Smith, like many wealthy people of the period, had an interest in astronomy and astrology. He had an observatory built behind his mansion...
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  • Smith Observatory and Dr. William R. Brooks House is a historic home and observatory located at Geneva in Ontario County, New York. Both structures were...
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  • new donor, nurseryman William Smith. Smith had built the Smith Opera House in downtown Geneva and the Smith Observatory on his property when he became...
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    The Harlan J. Smith Telescope is a 107-inch (2.7 m) telescope located at the McDonald Observatory, in Texas, in the United States. This telescope is one...
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    The Royal Observatory, Greenwich (ROG; known as the Old Royal Observatory from 1957 to 1998, when the working Royal Greenwich Observatory, RGO, temporarily...
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    telescope, built in 1881, was sold to Beloit College for its new Smith Observatory and had a 9.5-inch lens made by Alvan Clark & Sons. Among the notable...
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  • College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College and Smith College). From its inception, the observatory has emphasized research, the development of technology...
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    2023. "Fort Smith observatory named for Canada's first female astronaut". Cabinradio.ca. August 25, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018. Smith Shearer, Barbara...
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    NASA's series of Great Observatories satellites are four large, powerful space-based astronomical telescopes launched between 1990 and 2003. They were...
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    The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of California. It is on the summit of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo...
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    Palomar Observatory is an astronomical research observatory in the Palomar Mountains of San Diego County, California, United States. It is owned and operated...
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    James Smith (August 25, 1924 – October 17, 1991) was an American astronomer. He served as director of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory from...
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    The Kodaikanal Solar Observatory is a solar observatory owned and operated by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics. It is on the southern tip of the Palani...
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    The Cincinnati Observatory, known locally as Mt. Lookout Observatory, is located in Cincinnati, Ohio (United States) on top of Mount Lookout. It consists...
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    Yerkes Observatory (/ˈjɜːrkiːz/ YUR-keez) is an astronomical observatory located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, United States. The observatory was operated...
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    The Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory on DeSellum Avenue in Gaithersburg, Maryland. It was established in 1899 as...
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    Jodrell Bank Observatory (/ˈdʒɒdrəl/ JOD-rəl) in Cheshire, England hosts a number of radio telescopes as part of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics...
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    Charles Smith Scott Memorial Observatory, also known as Park College Observatory, is a historic observatory located on the campus of Park University at...
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    Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect cosmic gravitational...
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  • George Saunders, Zadie Smith, Jerry Brown, Sally Field, Tom Hanks and Mike Reiss. The Rancho Mirage Library and Observatory was featured as a stargazing...
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    Carlyle Smith Beals, OC FRS (June 29, 1899 – July 2, 1979) was a Canadian astronomer. Carlyle Smith Beals was born in Canso, Nova Scotia to Rev. Francis...
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    Parkes Observatory is a radio astronomy observatory, located 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the town of Parkes, New South Wales, Australia. It hosts Murriyang...
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    56833°W / 41.53611; -81.56833 The Warner and Swasey Observatory is the astronomical observatory of Case Western Reserve University. Named after Worcester...
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  • 2022-07-14. Smith, Noah (2022-01-06). "America needs immigration to grow and thrive". Noahpinion. Retrieved 2022-07-14. "City Observatory – Urban myth...
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