Cosmic Exploration · observatory
Lick Observatory
Ground-based · 1888 · Mount Hamilton, California
- Type
- Ground-based
- Location
- Mount Hamilton, California
- Altitude (m)
- 1283
- Notes
- The first permanently occupied mountaintop observatory, funded by a real-estate magnate who is buried under the great refractor.
- Founded
- 1888
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