- Bowman Observatory
Bowman Observatory is an astronomical
observatory owned and operated by theGreenwich, Connecticut Board of Education.The
Astronomical Society of Greenwich helps staff the observatory under the auspices of the Board's Continuing Education Department. [Astronomical Society of Greenwich website http://www.seocom.com/asg/]Built in 1940 by Alden W. Smith, a science teacher at
Greenwich High School . It is located on the grounds of the Julian Curtiss School in Greenwich,Connecticut .The observatory underwent a major renovation in 1986. In 2007, the town agreed to spend $225,000 for a new dome. The original dome had been in place for more than 60 years, surviving storms, hurricanes and nor'easters, and it had begun leaking, endangering the telescope. Birds had also been found nesting in it. On May 22, 2008, workers from
Jackson, Mississippi -based Observa-Dome replaced the old dome with a new one, which weighs 4,000 pounds, is motorized and able to rotate 360 degrees. [Hennessy, Christina, "New dome placed on Bowman", article,Greenwich Time " ofGreenwich, Connecticut ,May 23 ,2008 , p.A1 ]See also
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List of observatories References
External links
* [http://cleardarksky.com/c/BwmnOBCTkey.html?1 Bowman Observatory Clear Sky Clock] Forecast of observing conditions
* [http://observa-dome.com/ Observa-Dome]
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