Country Canada Client Government of Canada Town or city Newbrook Construction started 1951 | Completed 1951 Opened 1951 Province Alberta | |
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The Newbrook Observatory (a designated historic building) was built in Newbrook, Alberta, Canada by the Stellar Physics Division of the Dominion Observatory and operated as a space observatory from 1952 until 1957 The observatory was equipped with a Super-Schmidt Meteor Camera, one of only six built by the Perkin-Elmer Company used to observe meteors. One of the observatory resident scientists, Art Griffen, was the first in North America to photograph the Sputnik 1 satellite (less than a week after its launch).
Map of Newbrook Observatory, Thorhild County No. 7, AB, Canada
In 1970, the government consolidated astronomical research and the observatories at Meanook (similar nearby facility) and Newbrook were closed.
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