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3 days ago · Cincinnati Observatory: Birthplace of American Astronomy.
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.
Instead, we'll be hosting walking tours of our neighborhood, the Observatory Historic District, (weather permitting) where we will see lovely houses, some close to the Observatory's heart! We will have self-guided activities for kids of all ages available all Summer!
5 days ago · Located in picturesque Mount Lookout on the East Side of Cincinnati, the Cincinnati Observatory is the oldest one of its kind in the country that still uses its original telescope from 1845, and now you too will get to participate.
Cincinnati Observatory: the Birthplace of American Astronomy. by Maya Drozdz. photos by Warren Lemay. The Cincinnati Observatory is known as “The Birthplace of American Astronomy.”. It houses one of the oldest working telescopes in the world, was the first public observatory in the western hemisphere, and is now the oldest functioning ...
Sep 10, 2018 · On Nov. 9, 1843, the Cincinnati Observatory was founded after Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, a West Point-trained civil engineer hired by Cincinnati College, began giving lectures in astronomy in 1842. The enthusiastic response he received led him to establish the nation’s oldest professional observatory on what was then called Mt. Ida ...
Mar 7, 2024 · It's the home of the Cincinnati Observatory, the first public observatory in the western hemisphere when it opened in 1845. Today, visitors can spy stars, comets, galaxies, sunspots, and more through the observatory's original, 11-inch Merz and Mahler refractor telescope, among the first of its kind in the United States.
