On a wooded knoll on private property in Lake Angelus — less than a mile from the Great Lakes ... housing a 10.5-inch equatorial telescope. On July 1, 1930, the observatory officially began ...

At that time, astronomer Asaph Hall was a professor at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. He was in charge of the great 26-inch-aperture (660 mm) telescope there, which, at the time ...

The Royal Observatory is the home of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), the Prime Meridian, and London’s Planetarium. There are historic clocks and telescopes and even the Great Equatorial Telescope ...

When the planet is viewed through a latge telescope ... of some great convulsion on the surface of the planet. From the motion of this spot, Prof. Asaph Hall, director of the Naval Observatory ...

Here’s your chance to turn that curiosity into an extraordinary opportunity… We’re looking for a Young Astronomer to take residence at the Royal Observatory Greenwich ... close to the awe-inspiring ...

In a celestial event known as a great alignment the five planets will be discernible with the naked eye, but to see Neptune ...

The next great ... telescope scheduled to begin inaugural observations — first light — this year. And NASA is avidly working up plans for a space telescope called the Habitable Worlds ...

In addition to the Specola at Castel Gandolfo, the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope, located on Mount Graham in southeast Arizona, is operated by the Vatican Observatory Research Group in ...

European Southern Observatory Director General Xavier Barcons told Space.com that astronomers expect the project to brighten the sky by up to 10 percent around the observatory.

A giant new telescope in Chile has opened its eyes for the first time — and while the view may not be impressive to some, its scientist parents are thrilled. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...

But the Mount Wilson Observatory and the telescope were not damaged, thanks to firefighters' efforts, said L.A. County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone. "No buildings or infrastructure have been damaged ...