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Hartung-Boothroyd Observatory
Organization Cornell University
Location Ithaca, New York (USA)
Coordinates 42°27′26″N, 76°23′4″W
Altitude 579 meters
Webpage Hartung-Boothroyd Observatory
Telescopes
Unnamed Telescope 25-inch reflector

The Hartung-Boothroyd Observatory is located atop Mount Pleasant near the Cornell University in Ithaca, New York (USA). The City of Ithaca (named for the Greek island of Ithaca) sits on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A telescope is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects and the collection of Electromagnetic radiation. Mount Pleasant is the name of many English-speaking places around the world The City of Ithaca (named for the Greek island of Ithaca) sits on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It is used mainly as a teaching facility for upper-level astronomy classes at Cornell. Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study The observatory is named in honor of M. An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial and/or celestial events John Hartung and Samuel L. Boothroyd. The telescope construction began in the 1930s and the observatory was built in 1974. A telescope is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects and the collection of Electromagnetic radiation. The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The facility contains a 25-inch telescope and is equipped with a long slit spectrograph, a fiber-fed high resolution spectrograph, and CCD imaging equipment for the spectrometers and direct imaging use.

The main mirror was constructed as 1/8-scale practice before making the 200-inch Palomar Observatory mirror. Palomar Observatory is a privately owned Observatory located in San Diego County California, 90 miles (145 Km) Southeast of Mount Wilson This test mirror sat in storage for many years before being put to good use at HBO.

A picture of the observatory appears in the background of the music video for "Stand" by R.E.M. REM is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by Michael Stipe ( lead vocals) Peter Buck ( Guitar

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