Leander McCormick Observatory
USA /
Virginia /
Charlottesville /
McCormick Road, 600
World
/ USA
/ Virginia
/ Charlottesville
World / United States / Virginia
museum, observatory, astronomy, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places
Leander McCormick Observatory
(www.astro.virginia.edu/research/observatories/26inch/hi...
Home to a 26-inch Alvan Clark & Sons refracting telescope, the tenth largest refractor in the world, it was the largest in the United States when dedicated in 1885. It is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
During the 20th century it was used to determine distances to nearby stars (about one quarter of all distances known before 1990 were measured here).
Open to the public for (free) evening tours (and viewing, weather permitting) the first and third Friday of each month (www.astro.virginia.edu/public_outreach/pubnite.php)
(www.astro.virginia.edu/research/observatories/26inch/hi...
Home to a 26-inch Alvan Clark & Sons refracting telescope, the tenth largest refractor in the world, it was the largest in the United States when dedicated in 1885. It is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
During the 20th century it was used to determine distances to nearby stars (about one quarter of all distances known before 1990 were measured here).
Open to the public for (free) evening tours (and viewing, weather permitting) the first and third Friday of each month (www.astro.virginia.edu/public_outreach/pubnite.php)
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCormick_Observatory
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 38°1'58"N 78°31'20"W
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Maury -- Fontaine Avenues
University of Virginia
Birdwood Golf Course (back 9)
Birdwood Golf Course (front 9)
University of Virginia Foundation - Westover Event Space
Albemarle County, Virginia
Ragged Mountain Reservoir
Piedmont Virginia Community College
Carter's Mountain
Southern Albemarle Rural Historic District