🔭 Maria Mitchell Observatory

United States · Americas · 41.28°N, 70.10°W

The Maria Mitchell Observatory is in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded in 1908 and named in honor of Maria Mitchell, the first American woman astronomer. It is a major component of the Maria Mitchell Association. The facility actually consists of two observatories - the main Maria Mitchell Observatory near downtown Nantucket and the Loines Observatory about a kilometer west of town. It is also the repository for a valuable collection of over 8,000 wide-field glass photographic plates, recording observations of large swaths of sky from 1913 to 1995.

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Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	41.28°N, 70.10°W · view on map

Maria Mitchell Observatory is located in United States, in Americas.

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