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Burrell Memorial Observatory

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Location
  
Berea, Ohio

Established
  
1940 (1940)

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Organization
  
Baldwin Wallace University

Website
  
www.bw.edu/academics/phy/ast/

Warner & Swasey refracting Telescope
  
refracting telescope with a 13 3/8 inch objective, a 4 - inch finder, and a 1 inch finder.

Burrell Memorial Observatory referred to as Burrell Observatory is an astronomical observatory located on the campus of Baldwin Wallace University. The observatory was established in 1940, in Berea, Ohio.

History

The observatory is located on the northernmost point of the Baldwin Wallace University campus. Built in 1940, the observatory is named after Katherine Ward Burrell as a memorial to her late husband Edward P. Burrell. The observatory houses a Warner & Swasey refracting telescope with a 1338-inch objective, a 4-inch finder, and a 1-inch finder.

References

Burrell Memorial Observatory Wikipedia