Barnard Observatory

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name = Barnard Observatory


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organization = University of Mississippi
location = Oxford, Mississippi
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Barnard Observatory was a U.S. astronomical observatory owned and operated by University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. Completed in 1859, it was part of the astronomy focus that chancellor Frederick A.P. Barnard had for the school. [cite web|publisher=University of Mississippi|url=http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/u_museum/barnard.htm|title=The Barnard Observatory|accessdate=2006-12-27] Due to the outbreak of the Civil War, though, the purchase of the observatory's telescopes were put on hold. Today the observatory houses the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, and the university's astronomers uses Kennon Observatory.

See also

*List of observatories

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