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Number One Observatory Circle is the official residence of the vice president of the United States. Located on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. , the house was built in 1893 for the observatory's superintendent.
The 26 inch (66 cm) aperture telescope, with which Asaph Hall discovered the moons of Mars in 1877; the telescope is shown at its modern Northwest DC location.. President John Quincy Adams, who in 1825 signed the bill for the creation of a national observatory just before leaving presidential office, had intended for it to be called the National Observatory.
Number One Observatory Circle; Usage on ja.wikipedia.org オブザーバトリー・サークル1番地; Usage on nl.wikipedia.org Lijst van vicepresidenten van de Verenigde Staten; Usage on pt.wikipedia.org Number One Observatory Circle; Usage on simple.wikipedia.org Vice President of the United States; Number One Observatory Circle
Observatory Circle is a street and neighborhood in Washington, D.C. The street runs from Calvert Street to Massachusetts Avenue near 34th Street. Established in 1894, [1] [2] the street follows an incomplete loop, forming an arc rather than a circle. The street surrounds the grounds of the United States Naval Observatory, which includes Number ...
United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station; W. Dick Walker (astronomer) This page was last edited on 22 May 2020, at 03:47 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
The Old Naval Observatory is a historic site at 23rd and E Street in Northwest, Washington, D.C. It is where the United States Naval Observatory was located from 1844 to 1893, when it moved to its present grounds. The original observatory building, built 1839-40, still stands, and is a designated National Historic Landmark as of 1965. [2]
Logan Circle – intersection of Rhode Island and Vermont Avenues and 13th and P Streets; Observatory Circle – intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and 34th Street; the roadway does not form a complete circle (see United States Naval Observatory and Number One Observatory Circle) Peace Circle – intersection of First Street and Pennsylvania ...
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