Lick Observatory

American  

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.

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Example Sentences

"I am proud that both UCO's Lick Observatory and the Keck Observatories were involved in the characterization of a really important system," said Matthew Shetrone, deputy director of UC Observatories.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2024

Flames reared up in communities from the dry hills west of the San Joaquin Valley to the edge of San Jose, nearing the famed Lick Observatory, which serves astronomers from the University of California.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2020

At the University of California’s Lick Observatory, Faller and his team of scientists and students initially encountered difficulties because Apollo 11 landed miles off-course from its expected landing site.

From Scientific American • Jul. 11, 2019

In the mountains east of Silicon Valley stands the Lick Observatory, the world’s first permanently occupied summit observatory.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2018

John Faulkner, of the Lick Observatory in California, has suggested an interpretation of these remarks which flies in the face of the Newton legend, but closely matches Newton’s known character.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin