'Quad Observatory' (Urbana, Illinois)

USA / Illinois / Urbana / Urbana, Illinois / South Mathews Avenue, 901
 observatory, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places
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The University of Illinois 'Quad Observatory', A National Historic Landmark. It boasts a functional 12-inch Warner and Swasey refractor telescope, c. 1896; the facility is periodically accessible to the general public courtesy of the Department of Astronomy and the University of Illinois Astronomy Club.
"We loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night." Jim M

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Observatory
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Coordinates:   40°6'18"N   88°13'33"W
This article was last modified 11 years ago