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.

---

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

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

The California poet Robinson Jeffers was the brother of an astronomer who worked at the Lick Observatory.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

“You can tell it's not fog or smog. It's an orange-brown haze,” said Kostas Chloros of the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2016

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