🔭 Newbrook Observatory

Canada · Americas · 54.32°N, 112.95°W

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The Newbrook Observatory was built in Newbrook, Alberta, Canada, by the Stellar Physics Division of the Dominion Observatory and operated as a space observatory from 1952 until 1957. The observatory was equipped with a Super-Schmidt Meteor Camera, one of only six built by the Perkin-Elmer Company used to observe meteors. One of the observatory resident scientists, Art Griffin, was the first in North America to photograph the Sputnik 1 satellite.

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CountryCanada
Continent / regionAmericas
Coordinates (approx.)54.32°N, 112.95°W · view on map

Newbrook Observatory is located in Canada, in Americas.

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Algonquin Radio Observatory · Allan I. Carswell Astronomical Observatory · David Dunlap Observatory · Dominion Astrophysical Observatory · Dominion Observatory · Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory · Elginfield Observatory · Killarney Provincial Park Observatory · Mont Mégantic Observatory · Rothney Astrophysical Observatory.

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