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The telescope was donated to the Richland Astronomical Society in 1982 provided there would be a building to house it. The project was primarily financed by member Warren Rupp, after whom the observatory is named, and construction was completed in 1985. The completed telescope weighed over 7,500 pounds, and was an f/6.8 Newtonian.
Founded October 10, 1957, with the encouragement of the National Science Foundation (NSF), AURA was incorporated by a group of seven U.S. universities: California, Chicago, Harvard, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio State, and Wisconsin. The first meeting of the board of directors took place in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Today, AURA has 47 member institutions ...
Ritter Observatory features a 1.06 m (42 in) Ritchey-Chrétien telescope built in 1967 by Warner & Swasey Company of Cleveland, Ohio. [1] It was installed in 1968, and is used primarily for spectroscopy and occasionally for instruction and public viewing events. [ 2 ]
Ryden studied physics and integrated sciences at Northwestern University. [1] She moved to Princeton University as a doctoral student, where she worked alongside James Gunn . [ 2 ] She was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian [ 3 ] and Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics .
The following is a list of people who are considered a "father" or "mother" (or "founding father" or "founding mother") of a scientific field.Such people are generally regarded to have made the first significant contributions to and/or delineation of that field; they may also be seen as "a" rather than "the" father or mother of the field.
The university was founded as Saint Ignatius College by the Society of Jesus. The university was founded in 1886 and enrolls approximately 4,000 students per year. The university was founded in 1886 and enrolls approximately 4,000 students per year.
James Scott was born in Beverly, New Jersey.He attended high school in New Jersey and graduated from Harvard University in 1963. After receiving his doctorate in physics from Ohio State University (1966) in the field of high resolution molecular spectroscopy, he worked for six years in the Quantum Electronics Research Laboratory at Bell Laboratories, New Jersey.
He hosts several podcasts and a YouTube series, consults for television and film productions, publishes in popular science publications, and gives public lectures on topics in physics and astronomy topics. [1] In 2017, Sutter received the award for "Best Director" at the Escape Velocity Film Festival for his film Song of the Stars. [6]