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| Organization | Indiana University | ||||
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| Location | Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A. | ||||
| Coordinates | 39°09′57″N86°31′34″W / 39.16583°N 86.52611°W /39.16583; -86.52611 | ||||
| Altitude | 235 meters (770 ft) | ||||
| Weather | See theClear Sky Clock | ||||
| Established | 1901; 124 years ago (1901) | ||||
| Website | www.astro.indiana.edu | ||||
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Kirkwood Observatory is anastronomicalobservatory owned and operated byIndiana University. It is located inBloomington,Indiana, United States. It is named forDaniel Kirkwood (1814–1895) anastronomer and professor of mathematics at Indiana University who discovered the divisions of theasteroid belt known as theKirkwood Gaps.
Built in 1900 and dedicated on May 15, 1901, the observatory was thoroughly renovated during the 2001–02 academic year. Although the facility is no longer used for research, its originalrefracting telescope, built byWarner & Swasey Company with a 12-inch (0.3-meter)Brashear objective lens, also received a complete restoration. The telescope is now used regularly for outreach events and undergraduate-level classes. Kirkwood Observatory also has an instructionalsolar telescope.
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