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Cosmos 360 uses the planetarium's digital system to view the night sky. The guided tour includes in-depth views of planets, constellations and other current astronomical events. The show is updated to reflect seasonal night skies. A complete schedule and listing of daily shows as well as current show times can be found at the center's ...
Lick Observatory is the world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory. [1] The observatory, in a Classical Revival style structure, was constructed between 1876 and 1887, from a bequest from James Lick of $700,000, equivalent to $23,737,778 in 2023.
Hotel Santa Ysabel on the road up Mt. Hamilton just across Smith Creek in 1895, Courtesy of San Jose Public Library, California Room. On August 26, 1861, while working for Josiah D. Whitney on the first California Geological Survey, William H. Brewer invited local San Jose preacher (and Brewer's personal friend) Laurentine Hamilton to join his company on a trek to a nearby summit.
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Palomar College Planetarium, San Marcos; Planetarium Projector and Science Museum, [19] a museum of planeteria at Big Bear Lake; Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, a purpose-built planetarium rendered in an Ancient Egyptian architectural style; San Diego City College Planetarium, San Diego; Hartnell College Planetarium, Salinas
The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum was built in 1932, the Planetarium in 1936, the research library opened in June 1939. The Akhenaton Shrine was built in 1949. [2] The Peace Garden was added to the park in 2004 and dedicated by Rosicrucian Imperator Christian Bernard. In 2013, a new Alchemy Museum was announced for 2020.
Lick Observatory: 1881 Mount Hamilton, San Jose, California, US LightBuckets (commercial observatory) 2007 Rodeo, New Mexico, US LIGO: 1999: Hanford Site, Washington, US & Livingston, Louisiana, US, US Lindheimer Astrophysical Research Center (defunct) 1966–1995 Evanston, Illinois, US Llano de Chajnantor Observatory: 2005 Atacama Desert, Chile
The C. Donald Shane telescope is a 120-inch (3.05-meter) reflecting telescope located at the Lick Observatory in San Jose, California.It was named after astronomer C. Donald Shane in 1978, who led the effort to acquire the necessary funds from the California Legislature, and who then oversaw the telescope's construction.