Cincinnati Observatory (Ohio)
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معلومات حول الهوية:
الاسم الرئيس (باللاتينية)
Cincinnati Observatory (Ohio)
صِيَغ اسمية أخرى
Cincinnati Observatory Center
Cincinnati. University. Observatory
University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati Observatory
University of Cincinnati. Observatory
إحداثيات
-84.422778 -84.422778 39.138611 39.138611 (gooearth )
بلدان ذات صلة
United States
مجال النشاط
Astronomy--Study and teaching
لغات ذات صلة
eng
MARC
MARC
مصادر المعلومات
- Cincinnati Observatory website, viewed February 12, 2009:home page (Cincinnati Observatory; Cincinnati Observatory Center; Cincinnati, Ohio)
- home page, etcetera (mission is to promote the study and practice of 21st century astronomy and science; in 1842, Cincinnati professor Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel began raising money for the a telescope and an observatory building; he purchased an 11-inch Merz and Mahler refractor telescope and it was shipped via New Orleans, up the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers to downtown Cincinnati; the observatory originally sat on four acres of land donated by Nicholas Longworth at the top of Mt. Adams and was dedicated on November 9, 1843; to get away from the pollution of downtown, the telescope moved in 1873 to a new settlement renamed Mt. Lookout in honor of the new observatory; the four acres of land were donated by Board member John Kilgour, who also donated $10,000 to the construction; architect Samuel Hannaford designed the Greek revival building before then designing Cincinnati's Music Hall and City Hall; in 1979 the Observatory formally became part of the Physics Department of the University of Cincinnati to be used for public education as well as for research by graduate students; 3489 Observatory Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45208 ( (Cincinnati Observatory website, viewed October 26, 2016:) )
- LC data base, 9-25-86(heading: Cincinnati. University. Observatory; usage: Cincinnati Observatory)
- LCCN 05-21495: Adams, J.Q. An oration delivered before the Cincinnati astronomical society, 1843(heading: Cincinnati. University. Observatory)
- LCCN 05-21495: Adams, J.Q. An oration delivered before the Cincinnati astronomical society, 1843(hdg.: Cincinnati. University. Observatory)
- LC data base, 9-25-86(hdg.: Cincinnati. University. Observatory; usage: Cincinnati Observatory)
- Cincinnati Observatory WWW site, Feb. 12, 2009:home page (Cincinnati Observatory; Cincinnati Observatory Center; Cincinnati, Ohio)