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• n  a building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenomena
• n  a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings

• A big astronomical observatory, perched serenely on its remote mountain top and housing almost priceless equipment and records, should beand isamong the safest places in the.
• Better protection is given the observatory's sensitive equipment.
• Struve suggested that if the University of Texas provided the observatory and the University of Chicago a staff to run it, they might accomplish more in such a cooperative .

• lookout
• observation tower
• lookout station

News & Articles

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• Portland Observatory has free admission Friday
  Admission to the historic Portland Observatory on Congress Street will be free on Friday (June 14) in honor of Flag Day.
  June 14, 2013 - Portland Press Herald
• Weather Talk: NH observatory offers way to experience wild weather
  In addition to holding the world record for any non-tornado wind speed at 231 mph, New Hampshire's Mount Washington Observatory is well known for having the worst winter weather of any regular weather recording station in the Lower 48.
  June 14, 2013 - The Fargo Forum
• JETS Observatory to offer public viewing Saturday
  FREEPORT — The JETS Observatory on Park Hills Golf Course, 3240 W. Stephenson St., Freeport, will be open for public viewing at 8 p.m. Saturday.
  June 11, 2013 - The Journal-Standard

Quotes

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• Tom LaBonge in Forbes
  This is a tragic sunrise,City Councilman Tom LaBonge said while surveying the damage. "You look right there and you'd think you were at the observatory looking at Mars."
• Geoffrey Marcy in MSNBC
  Discovering these five planets took us 18 years of continuous observations at Lick Observatory, starting before any extrasolar planets were known anywhere in the universe,Marcy said in a NASA announcement. "But finding five extrasolar...
• Bernard Lewis in National Review Online
  Taqī al-Dīn's observatory was razed to the ground by a squad of Janissaries, by order of the sultan, on the recommendation of the Chief Mufti,Bernard Lewis writes in his book What Went Wrong? "This observatory had many predecessors in...