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The Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto is an astronomical research centre. [1] [2] [3]The institute was founded in 2008 with the help of endowed gifts to the University of Toronto from David M. Dunlap and J. Moffat Dunlap, [4] using the proceeds from the sale of the David Dunlap Observatory.
Concept sketch of David Dunlap Observatory. The DDO owes its existence almost entirely to the efforts Clarence Chant. [3] Chant had not shown an early interest in astronomy, but while attending University College, University of Toronto, he became interested in mathematics and physics, eventually joining the university as a lecturer in physics in 1892. [4]
The University of Toronto won the resulting spirited competition, and CITA (University of Toronto) was established as an institute within the School of Graduate Studies in June 1984, with staff consisting of a single professor (Peter G. Martin [3]) as the acting director and a visiting professor from Queen's University (Richard Henriksen) and a ...
Secondary music building and jazz department 88 College Street [ZC] Faculty of Medicine: 1882 Formerly the Zion Congregational Church. Property purchased by the University of Toronto in 1948. [3] Housed the Joint Centre for Bioethics. 97 St. George Street 1889 Former private home; former home of the Department of Classics 121 St. George Street [IR]
York University Observatory, North York (Toronto) Quebec. ASTER Observatory, Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! Bishop's University Astronomical Observatory;
Shelton became a graduate student at the University of Toronto in the fall of 1987. He received his M.Sc. in 1990 and PhD in 1996. He has since worked as an astronomer at several observatories: Japan's 8.3-metre Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, the 1.9-metre David Dunlap Observatory in Toronto, Athabasca University north of Edmonton, and the 6.5-metre MMT Observatory south of Tucson. [1]
Thereafter, he was affiliated with the University of Toronto astronomy department, [2] eventually becoming an emeritus professor. [4] In 1970, Bolton developed the first computer models for stellar spectra that were precise enough to compare with data from real stars. [2]
The University of Toronto Southern Observatory (UTSO) was an astronomical observatory built by the University of Toronto at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. It hosted a single 60 cm Cassegrain telescope and a small cottage for the operators, located amongst the instruments funded by other organizations. The first observational runs ...