Code H81 Established 1974 Opened 1974 | Altitude 530 m Website hbo.sirtf.com Organization Cornell University | |
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Location Ithaca, New York (United States) James R. Houck Telescope 60 cm (25") Fork-mounted Cassegrain reflector Similar Cornell North Campus, Morrill Hall, Rice Hall, Balch Hall, Caldwell Hall | ||
The Hartung–Boothroyd Observatory (HBO) is located atop Mount Pleasant near the Cornell University in Ithaca, New York (USA). It is used mainly as a teaching facility for upper-level undergraduate astronomy classes. The observatory is named to recognize funding from M. John Hartung, a 1908 Cornell graduate and later chemical industrialist, and to honor Samuel L. Boothroyd, the founder of Cornell's Department of Astronomy. The facility was designed and directed from 1974-2012 by James R. Houck.
Contents
- Map of Hartung Boothroyd Observatory Mt Pleasant Rd Freeville NY 13068 USA
- Nearby observatories
- References
Map of Hartung-Boothroyd Observatory, Mt Pleasant Rd, Freeville, NY 13068, USA
The primary 0.6m mirror was constructed from a Pyrex 1/8-scale test pouring as part of technology development for the Palomar Observatory 200-inch telescope. The mirror was polished and mounted in a lightweight tube in the late 1930s under Boothroyd's direction, but World War II deferred its planned use in a high-altitude observatory. This facility, together with an equatorial fork mount to hold the previously completed telescope, was completed in 1974.