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The Cincinnati Observatory, known locally as Mt. Lookout Observatory, is located in Cincinnati, Ohio (United States) on top of Mount Lookout. It consists of two observatory buildings housing an 11-inch (28 cm) and 16 inch (41 cm) aperture refracting telescope. It is the oldest professional observatory in the United States. [3]
A recent visit to the Cincinnati Observatory and a new book on its role as the birthplace of American astronomy remind us what a ... A drawing of the original observatory in Mount Adams, c. 1845-1850.
Leviathan of Parsonstown, or Rosse six-foot telescope, is a historic reflecting telescope of 72 inches (1.83 m) aperture, which was the largest telescope in the world from 1845 until the construction of the 100-inch (2.5 m) Hooker Telescope in California in 1917. The Rosse six-foot telescope was built by William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse on ...
Ormsby MacKnight (or McKnight) Mitchel (August 28, 1810, [1] [2] or possibly 1809, [3] – October 31, 1862) was an American astronomer, polymath, and major general in the American Civil War . He is known for publishing the first astronomy magazine in the United States. He is also known for ordering the raid that came into prominence as the ...
Cleveland Abbe. Cleveland Abbe (December 3, 1838 – October 28, 1916) was an American meteorologist and advocate of time zones. [1] [2] While director of the Cincinnati Observatory in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1871-1916, he developed a system of telegraphic weather reports, daily weather maps, and weather forecasts.
Illustration of the 11 inch "Merz and Mahler" refracting telescope (from "Smith's Illustrated Astronomy" 1848), Cincinnati Observatory Refraktor Merz 160/1790 at the baron Artur Krause's Observatory in Pardubice, 1912-1930 Telescopes. The 1845 Merz und Mahler 11″ refractor at the Cincinnati Observatory
Added to NRHP. September 20, 1978. The Observatory Historic District is a historic portion of the Hyde Park neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Centered around the Cincinnati Observatory and strung largely along a single street, the district has been named a historic district by both local and federal historic preservation agencies.
Thousands make the pilgrimage to pray the steps at Holy Cross-Immaculata Church in Mount Adams on Good Friday, March 29, 2024. The worn-out wooden steps were swapped out for concrete in 1911 ...