Harvard College Observatory
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Harvard College Observatory
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Harvard Observatory (Cambridge, Mass.)
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Astronomical Observatory
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Harvard University. Observatory
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Harvard College Observatory Ehemalige Vorzugsbenennung SWD
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Henry Draper Memorial
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Henry Draper Memorial
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Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Harvard College Observatory
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HCO
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Harvard University. Henry Draper Memorial
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Harvard University Cambridge, Mass Observatory
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Observatory of Harvard College
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Harvard university Astronomical observatory
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Harvard University Cambridge, Mass Astronomical Observatory
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Harvard Astronomical Observatory Cambridge, Mass
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Harvard College Astronomical Observatory
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Harvard College Cambridge, Mass Astronomical Observatory
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Harvard University Harvard College Observatory
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Harvard University Harvard College Observatory
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Observatory Cambridge, Mass
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Harvard astronomical observatory
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Astronomical Observatory Cambridge, Mass
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Harvard Observatory
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In 1839, the Harvard Corporation appointed William Cranch Bond the first Astronomical Observer to the University, thereby taking the first step in establishing the Harvard College Observatory, after which the first telescope was installed in 1847. Scholars and students had studied astronomy at Harvard since the seventeenth century, but it wasn’t until a large comet sparked public interest in 1843 that donors began donating funds to build an observatory. During the tenure of the Harvard College Observatory’s first three directors, William Cranch Bond (1839-1859), George Phillips Bond (1859-1865), and Joseph Winlock (1866-1875), much of the Observatory’s research focused on lunar photography and chronometric activities to establish American longitude and to operate a time service for the United States government and commercial interests. In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, under the direction of Edward C. Pickering (1877-1919), research shifted from celestial mechanics and positional astronomy to astrophysics. The Observatory developed into a major research institution, focusing on photographic star surveys, spectroscopic analysis, and culminating in publication of the Henry Draper Catalogue, with spectroscopic classifications for 225,300 stars. During Pickering’s tenure, many women astronomers, including Annie Jump Cannon, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, and Williamina Fleming performed essential research at the Observatory..
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