Location Orono, Maine (USA) Organization University of Maine | Established 1901 | |
Website www.galaxymaine.com/OB/OB.htm Similar Fay Hyland Botanical Plantation, Page Farm & Home Museum, Mahaney Diamond, Collins Center for the Arts, Harold Alfond Sports St | ||
Maynard F. Jordan Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by University of Maine. Its first telescope was installed at the university in 1901. It is located in Orono, Maine, USA. It is the only public observatory in the state of Maine, USA. Operated by the department of Physics and Astronomy, the eight-inch Alvan Clark telescope is housed under a twelve-foot dome.
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