Observatory House

Observatory House was an observatory in Slough, England. It was built, run and used by the astronomer William Herschel, and his sister Caroline. The famous '40-foot telescope' - at that time the largest in the world - was housed there in the late 18th century and early 19th century.^[1]

The main house was on Windsor Road. There was also a small cottage on the land. Herschel moved there on 3 April 1786. John Herschel was born in the house, and William died there on 25 August 1822.^[2] John Herschel and his family moved out of the house to Hawkhurst in 1840.^[3] Observatory House was later demolished. A monument remains on Herschel Street, close to where the 40-foot telescope was located.^[2]

This article about a Berkshire building or structure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · edit] References ^ "Observatory House". Encyclopædia Britannica. 27 November 2008. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/424055/Observatory-House.  ^ a b "Slough Borough Council: Sir William Herschel". http://www.slough.gov.uk/mytown/articles/2235.aspx. Retrieved 28 November 2008.  ^ Steavenson, W. H. (April 1927). "Herschel's first 40-foot speculum". The Observatory 50: 114–118. Bibcode 1927Obs....50..114S.  Coordinates: 51°30′30″N 0°35′43″W / 51.5082°N 0.5954°W / 51.5082; -0.5954 Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Observatory Historic District Observatory Inlet Look at other dictionaries: observatory — /euhb zerr veuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, n., pl. observatories. 1. a place or building equipped and used for making observations of astronomical, meteorological, or other natural phenomena, esp. a place equipped with a powerful telescope for observing… …   Universalium Observatory Hotel Sydney (The) (Sydney) — Observatory Hotel Sydney (The) country: Australia, city: Sydney (The Rocks) Observatory Hotel Sydney (The) Built like a grand Australian home, The Observatory Hotel has a colonial ambience blending perfectly well with its location near Sydney s… …   International hotels Observatory, Bristol — The Observatory …   Wikipedia House of Wisdom — The House of Wisdom (Arabic: بيت الحكمة‎; Bayt Ul Hikma) was a library and translation institute established in Abbassid era Baghdad, Iraq.[1] It was a key institution in the Translation Movement and considered to have been a major intellectual… …   Wikipedia Observatory Hill, Darjeeling — View to Kangchenjunga from the eastern side of Observatory Hill Observatory Hill is a hill near Chowrasta square, or The Mall as it is popularly known, in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. Magnificent views of snow clad peaks, including Mount… …   Wikipedia Observatory Street — The brightly coloured terraced houses in Observatory Street …   Wikipedia House of Bošković/Boshko — The House of Bošković, also Boshko , was the last name of a couple families of some renown in the Adriatic city of Dubrovnik between the 15th century to 19th century. HistoryOne was a noble family that migrated into the Republic of Ragusa after… …   Wikipedia David Dunlap Observatory — The 74 inch (1.9 m) telescope at the David Dunlap Observatory Organizati …   Wikipedia City Observatory — City Observatory, Edinburgh Front of the Playfair Building C …   Wikipedia astronomical observatory —       any structure containing telescopes and auxiliary instruments with which to observe celestial objects. Observatories can be classified on the basis of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum in which they are designed to observe. The… …   Universalium 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”