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Morrison Observatory is associate degree astronomical observatory closely-held and operated by Central Methodist University situated in Fayette, Missouri (USA). It had been named when Bernice Morrison World Health Organization, in 1874, pledged $100,000 to C. W. Pritchett for the development of the observatory. 1/2 that quantity would go the development of the telescope and observatory; the opposite 0.5 to a permanent fund.The observatory was designed presently later on in urban center, Missouri at Pritchett faculty and opened in 1875.
A 12.25 in. Clark Refractor was put in in an exceedingly dome that Dr. Pritchett shapely when the Harvard faculty Observatory. In 1876, a half-dozen in. Meridian Telescope designed by Troughton & Simms of London was put in and also the Observatory began merchandising the time to the Chicago & Alton Railroad and varied Time Balls in St. Joseph Louis Barrow and Kansas town.
In 1922 the Pritchett faculty Institute failing financially, however in 1926 Central Methodist faculty, with some encouragement from Morrison and Pritchett, gained possession of the observatory “in order to revive its instrumentality and build use of it.” as a result of it had been awkward to own the observatory in urban center, that was twelve miles from the school in Fayette, in 1935 the observatory was emotional to a high, unobstructed ridge regarding ten minutes’ walk from the field, wherever it still stands.
Harvard’s stargazer was the dedication speaker on Gregorian calendar month one, 1936.In 1961 the Central Missouri Amateur Astronomers designed a 12-inch optical telescope that they given to the observatory. It’s housed in an exceedingly building regarding one hundred feet northwest of the Clark refractor.
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