AURA and its US National Observatories
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 8, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9780521019187
Subjects: Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods; Science/Mathematics; Science; Nature; History; Star Observation; Kitt Peak National Observatory--History; Kitt Peak National Observatory--History Kitt; Nature / Star Observation; Science / History; Science-History; Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy; Astronomical observatories; United States
First sentence: American observational astronomy was dominated during the first two decades of the 20th century by the Harvard, Lick, Lowell, Yerkes, and Mount Wilson Observatories, all created by private philanthropy.