Wilder Observatory

Wilder Observatory

Wilder Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Amherst College. It is located in a convert|5300|sqft|m2|sing=on building off Snell Street in Amherst, Massachusetts (USA).

When the Wilder Observatory was built in 1903 it was one of the largest telescopes in the world at 18 inches, and it remains one of the largest refractors. Built by Alvan Clark & Sons, the instrument was shipped to Chile in the summer of 1907 to observe the planet Mars, then returned.

The observatory building itself is unheated.

Building designed by McKim, Mead, and White.

The objective glass blank was made by Mantois and was figured over 18 months by Carl Lundin of Alvan Clark and Sons. The dome was built by W.N. Kratzer Structural Steel of Pittsburgh, Pa. The Pier and German equatorial mount was constructed by Warner and Swasey of Cleveland Ohio. Cost of the telescope was $12,000 and of that the objective itself was $5,000.

[http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=

] Photograph of telescope.

See also

*List of observatories

External links

* [http://www.vintageviews.org/vv-3/space/pages/sps01_001.html|Postcard View of Wilder Observatory from 1913]

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