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  2. Lick Observatory - Wikipedia

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    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 $24,497,407 in 2024.

  3. Rosicrucian Park - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Mount Hamilton (California) - Wikipedia

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    Mount Hamilton is a mountain in the Diablo Range in Santa Clara County, California.The mountain's peak, at 4,265 feet (1,300 m), overlooks the heavily urbanized Santa Clara Valley and is the site of Lick Observatory, the world's first permanently occupied mountain-top [4] observatory. [5]

  5. List of Foucault pendulums - Wikipedia

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    San Diego: San Diego Natural History Museum: 12.4 m (est.) 235 lb (106.6 kg) 7 s (estimate) San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences: 30 ft (9.14 m) 235 lb (106.6 kg) 6.1 s San Francisco: Calico Labs: San Jose: Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum & Planetarium: San Jose: The Harker School: Santa Barbara: Museum of Natural History: Currently ...

  6. List of astronomical observatories - Wikipedia

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    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

  7. List of planetariums - Wikipedia

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    Morrison Planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; 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

  8. Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum (REM) is devoted to ancient Egypt, located at Rosicrucian Park in the Rose Garden neighborhood of San Jose, California, United States. It was founded by the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC). The Rosicrucian order continues to support and expand the museum and its educational and scientific activities.

  9. Griffith Observatory - Wikipedia

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    Griffith Observatory Planetarium photographed circa 1937–1939. Also included in the original design was a planetarium under the large central dome. The first shows covered topics including the Moon, worlds of the Solar System, and eclipses. The planetarium theater was renovated in 1964 and a Mark IV Zeiss projector was installed.