Lick Observatory

noun

1. the astronomical observatory of the University of California, situated on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California, and having a 120-inch (3-meter) reflecting telescope and a 36-inch (91-centimeter) refracting telescope.

Example Sentences

They are there stated to be given on the authority of "Barnard's many measures at the Lick Observatory."

From Project Gutenberg

A few years ago Mr. Schaeberle, of the Lick Observatory, came to the very opposite conclusion.

From Project Gutenberg

After that no human eye saw it until 1896, when it was rediscovered at the Lick Observatory.

From Project Gutenberg

He was called to the directorship of the great Lick Observatory in 1898.

From Project Gutenberg

It was discovered by Nicholson at the Lick Observatory in 1914.

From Project Gutenberg