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Dr. Ralph L. Buice, Jr. Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Fernbank Science Center. It is located between Decatur and Atlanta, Georgia (USA). The observatory owns a 0.9144 m (36.00 in) Cassegrain telescope housed beneath a 10 m (33 ft) dome.
The Fernbank Science Center opened in December 1967, and is an educational facility and an integral part of the DeKalb County School District. It provides programs for the science education of local students, pre-K-12. Both its planetarium and observatory are open for public shows on specific occasions. [1]
Fernbank Science Center: Atlanta: Georgia: No No Yes Yes Field Museum: Chicago: Illinois: No Yes Yes Yes Fiske Planetarium: Boulder: Colorado: No No Yes Yes Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium: Tucson: Arizona: No Yes Yes Yes Fleet Science Center: San Diego: California: No No Yes Yes Fleischmann Planetarium & Science Center: Reno: Nevada ...
Fernbank Museum of Natural History: Druid Hills: Natural history: Natural history and the development of the planet Fernbank Science Center: Druid Hills: Science: Planetarium, telescope, and Fernbank Forest, a 65-acre (26 ha) natural forest Ferst Center for the Arts: Midtown Atlanta: Art: Contemporary art and photography Georgia Capitol Museum ...
Along with others, Harrison created a charter for Fernbank in 1938 and purchased the 70 acres (280,000 m 2) of woodland on which Fernbank Museum now stands. In 1964, the Fernbank trustees and the DeKalb County School System created Fernbank Science Center, which led to a desire to share Fernbank's resources with the general public. [4] Inside ...
Kopernik Observatory & Science Center: 1974 Vestal, New York, US KOSMA observatory: 1985–2010 Gornergrat, Switzerland Kottamia Astronomical Observatory: 1964 Cairo Governorate, Egypt Kryoneri Observatory: 1972 Mount Kyllini, Greece Kuffner observatory: 1884 Vienna, Austria Kuiper Airborne Observatory (retired) 1974 14 km in the stratosphere
Fernbank, Alabama; Fernbank was the estate of Col. Z. D. Harrison in DeKalb County, Georgia. Following his death in 1938, it was preserved and devoted to educational purposes. It lends its name to the following: Fernbank Forest; Fernbank Museum of Natural History; Fernbank Observatory; Fernbank Science Center
He serves as director of the Fernbank Science Center with its observatory and planetarium in Atlanta . JPL · 45298: 45299 Stivell: 2000 AL 43: Alan Stivell (born 1944), a French and Breton musician and a master of the Celtic harp. JPL · 45299: 45300 Thewrewk: 2000 AF 45