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Whitin Observatory
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'''Whitin Observatory''' is an
astronomy astronomical observatory owned and operated by
Wellesley College. Built in
1901, it is located in
Wellesley, Massachusetts Wellesley,
Massachusetts and named after
Wellesley College trustee Mrs. John C. Whitin (Sara E. Whitin), who donated the funds for the observatory. Astronomer
Sarah Frances Whiting was the first director of the new
Wellesley College Astronomy Department.
The facilities include a 24-inch Boller & Chivens Reflector with a CCD and retrofitted with a DFM control system, a 12" Fitz/Clark Refractor, a 6" Alvan Clark Refractor, a Hale Spectrohelioscope, an MIT Haystack Small Radio Telescope, and six Meade 8" SCTs (see [http://www.wellesley.edu/Astronomy/facilities.htm#6 link] for details).
External links
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Wellesley College Astronomy Department
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Whitin Observatory timeline, Wellesley College
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Whitin Observatory facilities
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Category:Astronomical observatories in Massachusetts
