Lick Observatory facts for kids
| Location | near San Jose, California |
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The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory. It is owned and operated by the University of California. It is on Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, USA. The observatory is managed by the University of California Observatories. Its headquarters is on the campus of University of California, Santa Cruz.
Significant discoveries
The following astronomical objects were discovered at Lick Observatory:
- Several moons of Jupiter
- Near-Earth asteroid (29075) 1950 DA
- Several extrasolar planets
- Quintuple planet system
- 55 Cancri
- Triple planet system
- Upsilon Andromedae (with Whipple Observatory)
- Double planet systems
- HD 38529 (with Keck Observatory)
- HD 12661 (with Keck)
- Gliese 876 (with Keck)
- 47 Ursae Majoris
- Quintuple planet system
- Vasilevskis, S. and Osterbrock, D. E. (1989) "Charles Donald Shane" Biographical Memoirs, Volume 58 pp. 489–512, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, ISBN: 0-309-03938-X
Images for kids
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Layout of the Lick Observatory. The dome housing the 91-centimeter (36-inch) Great Lick refractor telescope is on the right.
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Lick Observatory in 1900
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The Great Lick 91-centimeter (36-inch) refractor, in an 1889 engraving
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Lick Observatory from Grant Ranch Park
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Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton, looking east on takeoff from Mineta San José International Airport
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Lick Observatory's Shane 120-inch (3-meter) telescope (center) along with the nearby Automated Planet Finder 100-inch (250-centimeter) reflector
See also
In Spanish: Observatorio Lick para niños
