Robinson Observatory
| Organization | University of Central Florida College of Sciences | ||||||||
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| Location | Orlando, FL, United States | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°35′30′′N 81°11′26′′W / 28.59175°N 81.19062°W / 28.59175; -81.19062 | ||||||||
| Established | 1995 | ||||||||
| Website | physics.ucf.edu/observatory.php | ||||||||
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Robinson Observatory is located in the United States Robinson Observatory Location of Robinson Observatory | |||||||||
The Robinson Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of Central Florida College of Sciences in Orlando, Florida, USA.[1]
Public viewings are held the first and third Wednesday of each month and are sponsored by the Central Florida Astronomical Society (CFAS).[2]
History
[edit ]The observatory was built at a cost of over 500,000ドル in 1995, with Herbert Robinson donating almost half of the total cost. The observatory was given the name Robinson posthumously, eight months after Herbert Robinson's death, on April 25, 1996.[3]
In the 2000s, a number of updates and renovations were completed at the observatory. The most recent addition was in 2007; it included high speed internet, a new 20-inch (50 cm) Ritchey-Chrétien telescope, and the ability to remotely operate the telescope and dome.[4]
Future
[edit ]Plans are under way to expand the Robinson Observatory to include two smaller telescopes with domes donated by the United States Air Force.
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Robinson Observatory". UCF. Archived from the original on 2009年02月28日. Retrieved 2008年11月11日.
- ^ "Robinson Observatory". Central Florida Astronomical Society (CFAS). October 3, 2007. Archived from the original on November 5, 2008. Retrieved 2008年11月11日.
- ^ "History - UCF Planetary Sciences Group". University of Central Florida Department of Physics. Retrieved 2009年06月10日.
- ^ "The Robinson Observatory Upgrade". CFAS. September 11, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008年05月18日. Retrieved 2008年11月11日.
