Angell Hall Observatory

Angell Hall Observatory
Organization University of Michigan
Location Ann Arbor, Michigan
Coordinates 42°16′36.3″N 83°44′23.7″W / 42.276750°N 83.739917°W / 42.276750; -83.739917
Established 1927
Website Angell Hall Observatory
Telescopes
Unnamed telescope 0.4 m reflector

Angell Hall Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by University of Michigan. It is located on the UM Central Campus on top of Angell Hall in Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA). It has a computer-controlled 0.4-m Cassegrain telescope in its single dome, and a small radio telescope on the roof. In the past has housed a large, clock-driven refracting telescope and a reflecting telescope in side-by-side domes. The current telescope was manufactured by DFM Engineering and installed in December 1994.

Other observatories that UM has operated include the Detroit Observatory (1854), the Lamont-Hussey Observatory (South Africa, 1928), the McMath-Hulbert Observatory (Lake Angelus, Michigan, 1930), and the Peach Mountain Observatory (Dexter, Michigan 1958).

See also

References

  1. "Angell Hall Observatory Homepage". Angell Hall Observatory. Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved March 31, 2009. 

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, September 13, 2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.