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The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory, owned and operated by the University of California. It is situated on the summit of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, USA. The observatory is managed from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where its scientific staff moved in the mid-1960s. Image File history File links Information_icon. ...
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A giant Hubble mosaic of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant. ...
MolÄ—tai Astronomical Observatory An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial and/or celestial events. ...
The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ...
Mount Hamilton is a mountain in Californias Diablo Range. ...
The Diablo Range is a large group of mountain chains and ranges in western California. ...
Nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ...
The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UCSC or UC Santa Cruz, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California. ...
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The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ...
Nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ...
The C. Donald Shane telescope, with the dome open due to maintenance The C. Donald Shane telescope is located at Lick Observatory in California. ...
The James Lick Telescope is an antique refracting 36 inch (91. ...
The Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) is an automated telescope used in the search for supernovae. ...
The Anna L. Nickel telescope is a 1 meter reflecting telescope located at Lick Observatory in the U.S. state of California. ...
The Crossley telescope is an antique 36-inch reflector telescope located at Lick Observatory in the U.S. state of California. ...
The Carnegie telescope is a 20-inch twin reflector telescope located at Lick Observatory in California, USA. The Carnegie 20-inch twin refractor is located in a mid-sized dome at the observatory. ...
Early history Lick Observatory was the world's first mountain-top observatory.
The observatory was constructed between 1876 and 1887, from a bequest from James Lick. In 1887 Lick's body was buried under the future site of the telescope, with a brass tablet bearing the inscription, "Here lies the body of James Lick." James Lick James Lick (August 25, 1796 – October 1, 1876) was an American carpenter, piano builder, land baron, and patron of the sciences. ...
Before construction could begin, a road to the site had to be built. All of the construction materials had to be brought to the site by horse and mule-drawn wagons, which could not negotiate a steep grade. To keep the grade below 6.5%, the road had to take a very winding and sinuous path, which the modern-day road (CA-130) still follows. Tradition maintains that this road has exactly 365 turns. (This is approximately correct, although uncertainty as to what should count as a turn makes precise verification impossible). Even those who do not normally suffer from motion-sickness find the road challenging. The road is closed when there is snow at Lick Observatory. JUNCTION MILE POST US-101 0. ...
Animation of snowcover changing with the seasons. ...
 The Great Lick 36-inch refractor, in an 1889 engraving The 36 inch (91.44-cm) refracting telescope on Mt. Hamilton was Earth's largest refracting telescope during the period from when it saw first light on January 3, 1888, until the construction of Yerkes in 1897. In April, 1888, the observatory was turned over to the Regents of the University of California, and it became the first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory in the world. The location provided excellent viewing performance due to lack of ambient light and pollution; additionally, the night air at the top of Mt. Hamilton is extremely calm, and the mountain peak is normally above the level of the fog that is often seen in the San Francisco Bay Area. When fog does roll in below the peak, light pollution is cut to almost nothing. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (403x640, 64 KB) Drawing of 36-inch refracting telescope at Lick Observatory. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (403x640, 64 KB) Drawing of 36-inch refracting telescope at Lick Observatory. ...
Image of a refracting telescope from the Cincinnati Observatory in 1848 A refracting or refractor telescope is a dioptric telescope that uses a lens as its objective to form an image. ...
The first light is the moment when a telescope is first used to take an astronomical image after its construction. ...
January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ...
The Yerkes Observatory is an astronomy observatory of the University of Chicago, in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. ...
The Regents of the University of California make up the governing board of the University of California. ...
Current state
 Lick Observatory from Grant Ranch. With the growth of San Jose, and the rest of Silicon Valley, light pollution became a problem for the observatory. In the 1970s, a site in the Santa Lucia Mountains at Junípero Serra Peak, southeast of Monterey, was evaluated for possible relocation of many of the telescopes. However, funding for the move was not available, and in 1980 San Jose began a program to reduce the effects of lighting, most notably replacing all streetlamps with low pressure sodium lamps. The result is that the Mount Hamilton site remains a viable location for a major working observatory. Asteroid San Jose was named, by the International Astronomical Union in honor of the city's efforts to reduce light pollution. [1] Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (3072x2048, 1614 KB) A picture of Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton near San Jose, California, taken from Grant Ranch. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (3072x2048, 1614 KB) A picture of Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton near San Jose, California, taken from Grant Ranch. ...
This time exposure photo of New York City shows sky glow, one form of light pollution. ...
The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...
The Santa Lucia Mountains or Santa Lucia Range is a mountain range in coastal California, running from Monterey southeast for 170 km to San Luis Obispo. ...
Flag Seal Nickname: The Cradle of History, Californias First City Location Location of Monterey, California Government County Monterey Mayor Dan Albert Geographical characteristics Area City 11. ...
A sodium vapor lamp is a gas discharge lamp which uses sodium in an excited state to produce light. ...
Logo of the IAU The International Astronomical Union (French: Union astronomique internationale) unites national astronomical societies from around the world. ...
In 2006, there are 23 families in residence, and the UCSC students who are coming to study can use dormitories. The little town of the Lick Observatory staff atop Mount Hamilton has its own police and a post office.
 Lick Observatory at dusk from Route 130, Santa Clara County. Photo: Daniel Palma. October 4, 2006. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1456x818, 298 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Lick Observatory Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to...
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Significant discoveries
 Original observatory building and the South (main) Dome, home of the Great Lick Refractor The following astronomical objects were discovered at Lick Observatory: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x812, 129 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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 Looking east from south-central San Jose, Lick Observatory atop Mount Hamilton (left) can be seen on reasonably clear days. Moons of the Solar System scaled to Earths Moon A natural satellite is an object that orbits a planet or other body larger than itself and which is not man-made. ...
Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 70 kPa Hydrogen ~86% Helium ~14% Methane 0. ...
Atmospheric pressure 0 kPa Amalthea (am-əl-thee-ə, IPA: , Greek Αμάλθεια) is the third moon of Jupiter (in order of distance from the planet), and the fifth in order of discovery, hence its Roman numeral designation of Jupiter V. It was discovered on September 9, 1892 by Edward Emerson Barnard using...
Atmospheric pressure 0 kPa Ananke (a-nang-kee, IPA ; Greek Ανάγκη) is one of Jupiters moons. ...
Atmospheric pressure 0 kPa Elara (ee-lur-a or ee-lair-a, IPA or , Greek ΕλάÏη) is a moon of Jupiter. ...
Atmospheric pressure 0 kPa Himalia (hye-mal-ee-a, also hi-mahl-ee-a, IPA , ; Greek ‘ΙμαλÃα) is a moon of Jupiter. ...
Atmospheric pressure 0 kPa Lysithea (lye-sith-ee-a or li-sith-ee-a, IPA , ; Greek ΛυσιθÎα) is a moon of Jupiter. ...
Atmospheric pressure 0 kPa Sinope (IPA: , si-noe-pee, Greek Σινώπη) is a moon of Jupiter discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Lick Observatory in 1914, and is named after Sinope of Greek mythology. ...
An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet beyond the Solar System. ...
Upsilon Andromedae (Ï… And ) is a star, approximately 44 light-years from Earth, and approximately 3 billion years old, two thirds the age of our Sun. ...
The Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and is there largest field installation outside of their main site in Cambridge, MA. It is located near Amado, Arizona on the slopes of Mount Hopkins. ...
55 Cancri (abbreviated 55 Cnc; Bayer designation Ï1 Cancri, Rho-1 Cancri) is a nearby 6th magnitude star in the constellation Cancer. ...
The Mauna Kea Observatory, an institute of the University of Hawaii, is considered one of the most important land-based observatories in the world for its isolated, unobstructed views of space without interference from man-made light sources. ...
47 Ursae Majoris (abbreviated 47 UMa) is a 5th magnitude yellow dwarf star in the constellation of Ursa Major. ...
Near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) are asteroids whose orbits are close to Earths orbit. ...
Asteroid 1950 DA, radar image (29075) 1950 DA is an asteroid considered to be the near Earth object with the highest known probability of crashing into Earth, according to the Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale. ...
Mount Hamilton (left) in San Jose, California with Lick Observatory on top Taken by Elf | Talk, August 4, 2004, looking east from south-central San Jose on a morning with unusually clear air. ...
Mount Hamilton (left) in San Jose, California with Lick Observatory on top Taken by Elf | Talk, August 4, 2004, looking east from south-central San Jose on a morning with unusually clear air. ...
Equipment Current equipment and locations: 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January events January 1 Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ...
- the C. Donald Shane 3 m (120-inch) reflector (Shane Dome, Tycho Brahe Peak)
- the Great Lick 0.9 m (36-inch) refractor (South Dome, Main Building, Observatory Peak)
- the Carnegie 0.5 m (20-inch) twin refractor (Double Astrograph Dome, Tycho Brahe Peak)
- the Anna L. Nickel 1 m (40-inch) reflector (North (small) Dome, Main Building)
- the Crossley 0.9 m (36-inch) reflector (Crossley Dome, Ptolemy Peak)
- the 0.6 m (24-inch) Coude auxiliary telescope (just South of Shane Dome, Tycho Brahe Peak)
- the Tauchmann 0.5 m (22-inch) reflector (Tauchmann Dome atop the water tank, Huyghens Peak)
- CCD Comet Camera 135 mm Nikon camera lens ("The Outhouse" Southwest of the Shane Dome, Tycho Brahe Peak)
- the Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) 76 cm reflector (24-inch Dome, Kepler Peak)
- the Automated Planet Finder (telescope under construction until Spring 2006)
Ritchey 24 reflecting telescope A reflecting telescope (reflector) is an optical telescope which uses a combination of curved and plane (flat) mirrors to reflect light and form an image (catoptric), rather than lenses to refract or bend light to form an image (dioptric). ...
Astrograph in Bolivia. ...
Edward Crossley (1841 or 1842 – January 21, 1905) was a British businessman, politician and astronomer. ...
Nikon Corporation ) (TYO: 7731 ), also known as Nikon or Nikon Corp. ...
The Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) is an automated telescope used in the search for supernovae. ...
The Automated Planet Finder Telescope (APF) is a fully-automated 2. ...
Footnotes - ^ UCSC, Lick Observatory designate asteroid for the city of San Jose
See also Paris 1900 exposition refractor. ...
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