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Daniel Scholl Observatory

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Coordinates
  
40.048068,-76.320563

Location
  
Lancaster, Pennsylvania (United States)

Established
  
June 16, 1886 (1886-06-16)

Unnamed Telescope
  
11-inch Clark-Repsold refractor

Organization
  
Franklin & Marshall College

Daniel Scholl Observatory was the astronomical observatory built by Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Construction began in 1884 and the building was dedicated June 16, 1886. Total cost of the observatory and equipment was $13,579.

Contents

Building cost- $3,000 Steel Dome $2,000 by Grubb & Sons, Dublin, Ireland Equipment cost-$8,579 total

  • $4,199 for 11" Repsold Telescope (Hamburg, Germany)
  • $2,200 lens manufactured by Alvin Clark & Sons, Cambridge, MA
  • $2,180 for chronometer, chronograph, transit, clock and other equipment

    • Starting in 1889 it was one of the official Pennsylvania weather stations. In 1925 the observatory was moved 200 yards north to make way for a dormitory. The observatory was razed in 1966.

    Directors

  • Jefferson E. Kershner

    • Telescopes

    The observatory contained an 11-inch Clark-Repsold refracting telescope.

    References

    Daniel Scholl Observatory Wikipedia
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