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Griffith Observatory is a facility in Los Angeles, California sitting on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in Los Angeles' Griffith Park. It commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin, including Downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. The observatory is a popular tourist attraction with an excellent view of the Hollywood sign, and an extensive array of space and science-related displays. Since the observatory opened in 1935, admission has been free, in accordance with Griffith's will. However, some planetary shows inside have a small added charge.
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Here is a complete view of the Griffith observatory from below. The sign in the foreground shows the different hiking trails you can take to explore the area. Lots of people around on such a clear and beautiful spring evening.
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One of the telescope "stations" at the Pine Mountain Observatory near Bend, OR
The glow is from the red light they use inside the room to help see around but not impair night vision.
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Bidston Observatory was built in 1866 using local sandstone excavated from the site. One of its functions was to determine the exact time. Up to 18 July 1969, at exactly 1:00 p.m. each day, the 'One O'Clock Gun' overlooking the River Mersey near Morpeth Dock, Birkenhead, would be fired electrically from the Observatory
The picture doesn't get any bigger than with an observatory. My contribution to FlickrFriday theme BigPicture.
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Nestled within the heart of the Burnaby campus, the Trottier Observatory is the flagship facility in the Faculty of Science’s myriad outreach programs. The Trottier Studio for Innovative Science Education and the Trottier Observatory and Science Courtyard have been bringing science education and astronomy to students, families, and the general public since 2014.
The Observatory is located on the Burnaby Campus of Simon Fraser University. The Observatory is situated at the east end of campus near Strand Hall. It features a six-meter-diameter dome housing a 0.7-metre diameter reflector telescope that is capable of tracking distant galaxies billions of years old.
The viewing plaza adjacent to the Observatory offers a sundial, space for people to set up their own telescopes next to the dome, and an outdoor gallery featuring illuminated seasonal star charts.
The Vancouver Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) provides critical support to the Trottier Observatory and the Starry Nights @ SFU public outreach program.
Burnaby Mountain, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
The Clifton Observatory is located on a cliff top above the Avon Gorge and was formerly a Mill. It is Grade II* listed by English Heritage.
Today it houses a Camera Obscura and also provides access via a tunnel to St Vincent's Cave (also known as Ghyston's Cave)
According to its website The Observatory was :
'Designed by Alexander Dawson, the observatory consisted of a domed chamber to house the equatorial telescope, a room with long, narrow windows for the transit telescope, a computing room or office, and a residence for the astronomer. In 1877, a western wing was added to provide office and library space and a second domed chamber for telescopes.'
The half-mile long Lava River Interpretive Trail begins at the observatory, and takes visitors on a 30-minute walk through lava beds. The trail is paved and easy to follow. Interpretive panels, located along the trail highlight the geology of the area. The trail also offers open vistas of the surrounding landscape.
The old observatory in Stockholm.
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This is what constructive feedback does to you…I would probably have never processed another griffith shot from last week's outing after my last upload: www.flickr.com/photos/sathellite/8463194727/
But my boss came by my desk today afternoon and checked out the 10x15 prints that I had ordered. While he greatly appreciated the image, he just used some papers and "cropped" my print and said
"just a thought, this would look even better, with lesser sky"…This got me going…Digged this unprocessed image from the dump some time back, processed it (instead of cropping the old one) and gave it a 16x9 frame…This one indeed
looks much better….not to mention fits better as a wallpaper on my widescreen :)
The observatory shut down the day we went due to the outbreak. We were still able to walk around and check out the different telescopes they have. Great place to visit! Can't wait to go back after this subsides.
Taken in infrared with a 590 filter.
Ghostland Observatory @ Bonnaroo - June 14 2008
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Old shot, reprocessed! It looks much better now.. Thanks to some great sharpening tips given by Suhas!
Griffith Observatory is a facility in Los Angeles, California sitting on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in Los Angeles' Griffith Park. It commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin, including Downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. The observatory is a popular tourist attraction with an excellent view of the Hollywood sign, and an extensive array of space and science-related displays. Since the observatory opened in 1935, admission has been free, in accordance with Griffith's will. However, some planetary shows inside have a small added charge.
Always fun to visit Greenwich, the Prime Meridian, and the observatory.
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Portland, Maine
2024
"The Portland Observatory is the only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States. As an intact survivor from the Golden Age of Sail, the Observatory was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, became a National Historic Landmark in 2006, and named a National Civil Engineering Landmark in 2006. It celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2007."
For more information, visit: www.portlandlandmarks.org/observatory
Photo taken with a Yashica microtec Zoom 70 and Fujifilm 200 color print film.
The Parkes Observatory has to be my most favourite thing to photograph. Whenever we're driving through outback New South Wales, I always have to stop and get some shots of it. I was pleased to get a different perspective this time. Have a great week everyone.
From Wikipedia:
The Parkes Radiothermal Telescope, completed in 1961, was the brainchild of E.G. (Taffy) Bowen, chief of the CSIRO's Radiophysics Laboratory... The primary observing instrument is the 64-metre movable dish telescope, second largest in the Southern Hemisphere... During the Apollo missions to the moon, the Parkes Observatory was used to relay communication and telemetry signals to NASA, providing coverage for when the moon was on the Australian side of the Earth.
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Ghostland Observatory @ Bonnaroo - June 14 2008
I just came across this in my archive the other day and have a new appreciation for it, so I thought I'd post.
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Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to show that, multiple eruptions from a supermassive black hole over 50 million years have rearranged the cosmic landscape at the center of a group of galaxies.
Scientists discovered this history of black hole eruptions by studying NGC 5813, a group of galaxies about 105 million light years from Earth. These Chandra observations are the longest ever obtained of a galaxy group, lasting for just over a week. The Chandra data are shown in this new composite image where the X-rays from Chandra (purple) have been combined with visible light data (red, green and blue).
Galaxy groups are like their larger cousins, galaxy clusters, but instead of containing hundreds or even thousands of galaxies like clusters do, galaxy groups are typically comprised of 50 or fewer galaxies. Like galaxy clusters, groups of galaxies are enveloped by giant amounts of hot gas that emit X-rays.
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Mist surrounding the Sphinx Observatory.
The Sphinx Observatory is an astronomical observatory located above the Jungfraujoch in Switzerland. It is named after the Sphinx, a rocky summit on which it is located. At 3,571 m above mean sea level, it is one of the highest observatories in the world. Accessible to the public, it is also the second highest observation deck in Switzerland.
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Enjoy panoramic views from World Trade Center Building Observatory Seaside Top. Approximately 152 meters above ground, you can see Tokyo Tower, Tokyo Skytree, Odaiba and sometimes even Mt. Fuji. Take your time to enjoy the city skyline. The view is remarkable at night (GoTokyo).
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When Allegheny Observatory became established at the University of Pittsburgh, research became its primary function. Allegheny Observatory has a rich history in a variety of areas, and it became especially well-known for its astrometric parallax research program, which set the standard for measuring the distances to nearby stars.
October 12, 2019 - Griffith Observatory during sunrise twilight blue hour at the Donut Street Meet Photographers Meetup.
Planets around other stars need to be prepared for extreme weather conditions, according to a new study from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) XMM-Newton that examined the effects of X-rays on potential planets around the most common type of stars.
Astronomers found that only a planet with greenhouse gases in its atmosphere like Earth and at a relatively large distance away from the star they studied would have a chance to support life as we know it around a nearby star.
Wolf 359 is a red dwarf with a mass about a tenth that of the Sun. Red dwarf stars are the most common stars in the universe and live for billions of years, providing ample time for life to develop. At a distance of only 7.8 light-years away, Wolf 359 is also one of the closest stars to the solar system.
This artist’s illustration represents the results from a new study that examines the effects of X-ray and other high-energy radiation unleashed on potential exoplanets from Wolf 359, a nearby red dwarf star. Researchers used Chandra and XMM-Newton to study the impact of steady X-ray and energetic ultraviolet radiation from Wolf 359 on the atmospheres of planets that might be orbiting the star. They found that only a planet with greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide in its atmosphere and at a relatively large distance away from Wolf 359 would have a chance to support life as we know it.
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/S.Wolk, et al.; Illustration: NASA/CXC/SAO/M.Weiss; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk
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