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View of Green Point Observatory from the Western side, 2014. Green Point Observatory is a private astronomical observatory in Oyster Bay, Sydney, Australia, and it is the home of the Sutherland Astronomical Society. It is located at the corner of Green Point and Caravan Head Roads. It consists of a dome, a roll-off roof observatory, a library ...
Sommers–Bausch Observatory. Sommers–Bausch Observatory is an astronomical observatory operated by the University of Colorado, Boulder on its main campus. The building was initially completed in 1953 and named after Elmer E. Sommers and Carl L. Bausch. It is operated by the university's Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences (APS ...
It is the only public observatory in the state of Maine. Operated by the department of Physics and Astronomy, the eight-inch Alvan Clark telescope is housed under a roll-off roof, next to the more modern PlaneWave CDK20 in its own dome. See also. List of observatories; References "Maynard F. Jordan Observatory Homepage".
Described as looking more like a "ski chalet than an observatory" the building was designed to allow for the best viewing conditions. There is a roll-off roof, to avoid turbulence, and the building is set on a hollow pier to avoid air currents that might affect the telescope. A separate control room for the operator is located north of the ...
Angele Observatory Named for Wilhelm Angele of von Braun's rocket team, the Angele Observatory consists of a roll-off roof observatory housing a 16" Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope. It was part of a special order of a pair of telescopes from the infant NASA to explore possible lunar landing sites.
The new observatory was a "small but very convenient building" located in the front garden in front of the College Building. [12] The telescope's portable stand was placed on a masonry column that passed from the ground up through the floor of the observatory. The structure featured a revolving roof of 18-feet diameter. [12]
Griffith Observatory is an observatory in Los Angeles, California, on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park. It commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin including Downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. The observatory is a popular tourist attraction with a ...
Ground-based observatories, located on the surface of Earth, are used to make observations in the radio and visible light portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Most optical telescopes are housed within a dome or similar structure, to protect the delicate instruments from the elements. Telescope domes have a slit or other opening in the roof ...