Yerkes Observatory

American  

noun

1. an astronomical observatory located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, affiliated with the University of Chicago, and having a 40-inch (102-centimeter) refracting telescope, the largest refractor in the world.

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Example Sentences

Staff members of Yerkes Observatory created the group to continue a number of educational programs at Yerkes after it closed in October 2018.

From Washington Times

It would make for a fantastic dance floor, but the 37.5-ton platform’s sole purpose at Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay is to provide convenient access to the world’s largest refracting telescope.

From Washington Times

Together they moved to the United States, where Dr. Burbidge performed research at the Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin, McDonald Observatory in Texas, Harvard College Observatory in Massachusetts and California Institute of Technology before joining the faculty of the University of California at San Diego with her husband in 1962.

From Washington Post

She received a degree in astronomy from Swarthmore College in 1946, obtained a doctorate in astronomy from the University of Chicago in 1949, then worked at its Yerkes Observatory as a researcher.

From New York Times

After early work at the University of Chicago and the Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin, she was hired by the Naval Research Laboratory in 1955, working in radio astronomy.

From Washington Post