From 1869 to 1872, he was employed as an Assistant in Harvard's astronomical observatory, doing important work on determining the brightness of stars and the shape of the Milky Way.

Thus he sought a position in astronomy, and in 1807 was appointed Professor of Astronomy and Director of the astronomical observatory in Göttingen, a post he held for the remainder of his life.

The first Director of the observatory was Kenneth Williamson.

Fair Isle was bought by the National Trust for Scotland in 1954 from George Waterston, the founder of the bird observatory.

He did employ some cartographers to chart the coast of Mauritania after the voyages he sent there, but there was no center of navigation science or observatory in the modern sense of the word, nor was there an organized navigational center.

On February 4, 1600, Kepler met Tycho Brahe and his assistants Franz Tengnagel and Longomontanus at Benátky nad Jizerou ( 35 km from Prague ), the site where Tycho's new observatory was being constructed.

Kitt Peak was selected by its first director, Aden B. Meinel, in 1958 as the site for a national observatory under contract with the National Science Foundation ( NSF ) and was administered by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy.

The observatory sites are under lease from the Tohono O ' odham Nation at the amount of a quarter dollar per acre yearly, which was overwhelmingly approved by the Council in the 1950s.

He was rewarded by admission to the Academy and the appointment of mathematical professor in Mazarin college, where he worked in a small observatory fitted for his use.

Rundetårn, or round tower, in Copenhagen, on top of which the university had its observatory from the mid 17th century until the mid 19th century, when it was moved to new premises.

The current observatory there was built in the 20th century to serve amateurs.

They believe the observatory was related to the society's reliance on agriculture and understanding the seasons.

Plates taken at his observatory in Arequipa, Peru, showed no evidence for the predicted planet, and British astronomer P. H. Cowell showed that the irregularities observed in Uranus's orbit virtually disappeared once the planet's displacement of longitude was taken into account.

After the observatory obtained further confirmatory photographs, news of the discovery was telegraphed to the Harvard College Observatory on March 13, 1930.

As it covered only the northern sky and some of the south ( being compiled from the Bonn observatory ), this was then supplemented by the Südliche Durchmusterung ( SD ), which covers stars between declinations-1 and-23 degrees

The observatory was designed to search for proton decay, study solar and atmospheric neutrinos, and keep watch for supernovae in the Milky Way Galaxy.

The purpose of the observatory was to detect whether proton decay exists, one of the most fundamental questions of elementary particle physics.

Cooke and Wheatstone's electric telegraphThe more anecdotal version told in Göttingen observatory is that the first message was sent to notify Weber that the observatory's servant was on the way to the institute of physics, and just read " Michelmann kommt " (" Michelmann is on his way "), possibly as a test who would arrive first.

In 1704, the University ’ s first astronomical observatory was built on top of the gatehouse.

A botanical garden was built on the grounds of the present Sonnenborgh Observatory, and three years later the Smeetoren added an astronomical observatory.

In former times, before the distribution of accurate time signals, it was part of the routine work at any observatory to observe the sidereal times of meridian transit of selected ' clock stars ' ( of well-known position and movement ), and to use these to correct observatory clocks running local mean sidereal time ; but nowadays local sidereal time is usually generated by computer, based on time signals.

Toruń is equipped with a planetarium ( located downtown ) and an astronomical observatory ( located in nearby community of Piwnice ).

In 1825, having achieved the rank of Admiral, Smyth effectively retired from the Navy ( Admirals never retired in those days, remaining on the Active List until death ) and established a private observatory in Bedford, England, equipped with a 5. 9-inch refractor telescope.

His father subsequently settled at Bedford and equipped there an observatory, at which Piazzi Smyth received his first lessons in astronomy.

Excellent views of the clear night sky have led Sierra Vista to become the chosen center of amateur astronomy in Arizona with more than a dozen well equipped amateur observatories in the area and a large observatory at the University of Arizona South within the city limits.

In 2000, extra land was acquired in Breña Baja ( La Palma ) for the future Centro Común de Astrofísica en la Palma ( CALP ), which will allow the island to be equipped with a better infrastructure to support the observatory.

He took all his instruments and two astronomical assistants, Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker and James Dunlop to New South Wales with him, first properly equipped Australian observatory at Parramatta.

At the center of the campus is the school library with a collection of 120, 000 books, the Science Building is well equipped and the computer center has Internet access, there is also an astronomical observatory.

It has been succeeded by a Boeing 747-based airborne observatory equipped with a larger aperture telescope, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy ( SOFIA ).

The university had only a small observatory, equipped with a refractor, and only a modest teaching program.

It was equipped with a state-of-the-art telescope and was pronounced as being the best-equipped private observatory in the world.

Riccioli built an astronomical observatory in Bologna at the College of St. Lucia, equipped with many instruments for astronomical observations, including telescopes, quadrants, sextants, and other traditional instruments.

These constructions included the now famous Luce Auditorium which was funded largely by the Henry Luce Foundation, the Science Complex, equipped with an observatory on top of the third floor, the Engineering Complex, and the Silliman University Medical Center.

Francis Marion is also home to a two-story observatory, equipped with a reflecting telescope, and a planetarium that offers public shows twice monthly.

The observatory was equipped with the state-of-the-art devices, one of them being the a 38-cm ( 15 in.

In 1885, the observatory was equipped with 30-inch ( 76 cm ) refractor, which was one of the biggest refractors in the world, until the 36 " ( 91 cm ) telescope at the Lick Observatory in California a few years later, both of which were built by Alvan Clark & Sons in Massachusetts.

In 1853 Bootham became one of the first schools to have its own observatory, equipped with a refracting telescope manufactured by the notable York instrument maker Thomas Cooke.

Elleker is the home of Severe Storms Research ( SSR ), a privately funded meteorological research facility specialising in the study of Deep, Moist, Convective events ( Super Cell / Severe Thunderstorms ) SSR operates a fully equipped mobile atmospheric observatory and a ground station.

In 1968, the observatory was equipped with a new Ritchey-Chretien telescope built by Tinsley Laboratories.

The 1993 film Sleepless in Seattle, a romantic comedy partially inspired by An Affair to Remember, climaxes with a scene at the Empire State observatory.

Celsius ' participation in the Lapland expedition won him much respect in Sweden with the government and his peers, and played a key role in generating interest from the Swedish authorities in donating the resources required to construct a new modern observatory in Uppsala.

" El Caracol " a possible observatory temple at Chichen Itza. The Temple of the Warriors bears iconography depicting feathered serpents associated with Quetzalcoatl or Kukulcan.

They constructed the first electromechanical telegraph in 1833, which connected the observatory with the institute for physics in Göttingen.

Gauss ordered a magnetic observatory to be built in the garden of the observatory, and with Weber founded the " Magnetischer Verein " ( magnetic club in German ), which supported measurements of Earth's magnetic field in many regions of the world.

The view that Henry's court rapidly grew into the technological base for exploration, with a naval arsenal and an observatory, etc., is believed by some historians, though not actually proven.

In the fall of 2006, researchers developed and installed an " autonomous observatory " using robotic video cameras with image processing software that detects and records high resolution video of birds in flight inside a high probability zone in the Cache River area.

In 1925, the observatory obtained glass discs for a new 13-inch wide-field telescope to continue the search, constructed with funds from George Lowell, Percival's brother.

A curious air force observatory with a view on Bocche di Bonifacio and La Maddalena.

The draft script's opening sequence took place on the solar observatory with two Rosencrantz and Guildenstern-influenced characters talking shortly before the Romulans ' attack ; Next Generation writer Jeri Taylor suggested that the opening should be something " fun ", leading to the switch to a holodeck promotion-at-sea.

On leaving the University of Oxford, in 1676, Edmond Halley visited Saint Helena and set up an observatory with a aerial telescope with the intention of studying stars from the Southern Hemisphere.

Skylab included an Apollo Telescope Mount ( a multi-spectral solar observatory ), Multiple Docking Adapter with two docking ports, Airlock Module with EVA hatches, and the Orbital Workshop, the main habitable volume of the station.

* The Observatory Park with the old observatory

The Austrian sovereign also promoted culture in Milan through projects such as converting the ancient Jesuit College, in the district of Brera, into a scientific and cultural centre with a Library, an astronomic observatory and the botanical gardens, in which the Art Gallery and the Academy of Fine Arts are today placed side by side.

He spent many nights at the observatory with Maury, watching and charting the stars, which had always been one of Adams ' avocations.

The observatory was commissioned in 1675 by King Charles II, with the foundation stone being laid on 10 August.

At this time the king also created the position of Astronomer Royal ( initially filled by John Flamsteed ), to serve as the director of the observatory and to " apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying of the tables of the motions of the heavens, and the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so much desired longitude of places for the perfecting of the art of navigation.

The Ordnance Office was given responsibility for building the Observatory, with Moore providing the key instruments and equipment for the observatory at his own personal cost.

The central high point of the citadel rises like a giant natural obelisk complete with a military observation post at the top, with a giant cross at its apex ; at the foot of the observatory lies St. George's church, in a classical style punctuated by six Doric columns, as opposed to the Byzantine architectural style of the greater part of Greek Orthodox churches.