Greg Observatory, Williamson Park, Lancaster

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234204

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NLA07042009001

Title

Greg Observatory, Williamson Park, Lancaster

Place

Lancaster

Personal names

Albert Greg

General notes

The main telescope at the observatory, which was a 7.5 inch equatorially-mounted Cooke refractor.
The observatory was built by the Corporation for the preservation and use of astronomical instruments presented by Albert Greg of Escowbeck. It was opened by the Astronomer Royal of Scotland, Dr Ralph Copeland FRSE FRAS on 29th July 1892. The observatory was demolished around 1960, it's foundations can still be seen at the Park.
For more information see 'Lancaster's Lost Observatory' by Peter Wade in the Journal of British Astronomical Association 102(3) for 1992. Available online at the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System on the Harvard University website.

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Web link

Lancaster's Lost Observatory by Peter Wade

Subjects

ENVIRONMENT > The Sky

Place Names > Lancaster

PLACES > Parks

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