Observatory and Planetarium of Yale


 The Yale University Observatory, also known as the Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium, is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Yale University, and maintained for student use. 

Yale's first observatory, the Athenium, was founded in 1830, situated in a tower. From 1830 it housed Yale's first refractor, a 5-inch (130 mm) Dollond donated by Sheldon Clark. It was the largest in the United States at the time. With this telescope Olmsted and Elias Loomis made the first American sighting of the return of Halley’s Comet on 31 August 1835. (It had been seen in Europe on 6 August, but no news of this had reached the United States.) The telescope was mounted on casters and moved from window to window, but it could not reach altitudes much over 30 deg above the horizon.


In 1870, a cylindrical turret was added above the tower, so that all altitudes could be reached. In the same year a 9-inch Alvan Clark refractor was mounted in the observatory. The building was demolished in 1893 and the telescope is now at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

  
The view of this nice place was just amazing. The green nature, trees, flowers the blue sky. A person feel adorable. 

 

I saw small garden in it which was very nice and was made with very beautiful style. I met the gardener, he was quite, but nice and kind man. 


"Flowers always make people better, happier and more productive; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul." "Don't let tall weeds overshadow the beautiful flowers in your garden." "For me, flowers are happiness." "Every flower is a soul that blooms in nature."
 AND YOU KNOW WHAT!? I just hate flowers. 


These cuties were so good. It was a little surprising for me, that they have fish in the garden. It was actually really fun. 
 

Thank you Professor!





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