as in lookouts
a high place or structure from which a wide view is possible
the observatory is located on a mountaintop
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If the concept can be scaled up, these lenses could one day replace the heavier, bulkier lenses and mirrors typically used in telescopes, particularly those of professional observatories on the ground and in space.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Well, on March 7, 2023, two NASA observatories — Swift and Fermi — detected a long-period gamma-ray burst that endured for about 200 seconds, definitively in the long-period class.
—Big Think, 20 Mar. 2025
Light pollution is a major problem affecting astronomical observatories all over the world.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Aside from light pollution, there are other impacts the observatories can expect to experience.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 20 Mar. 2025
And while observatories in space and on the ground can give some clues about exoplanets, stars themselves are crucial to understanding these distant worlds.
—Elizabeth Landau, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Mar. 2025
Early in her career, Rubin wasn’t allowed to collect her own data, and some observatories didn’t allow women, according to the documentary.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
Astronomers use these archives to plan follow-up observations by more powerful telescopes like Webb and Hubble, or with future observatories employing technologies unavailable today.
—Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
Mauna Kea is famous for its observatories and is an ideal location for astronomical research, since its summit provides one of the clearest and most stable skies in the world.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Jan. 2025
Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Well, on March 7, 2023, two NASA observatories — Swift and Fermi — detected a long-period gamma-ray burst that endured for about 200 seconds, definitively in the long-period class.
—Big Think, 20 Mar. 2025
Light pollution is a major problem affecting astronomical observatories all over the world.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Aside from light pollution, there are other impacts the observatories can expect to experience.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 20 Mar. 2025
And while observatories in space and on the ground can give some clues about exoplanets, stars themselves are crucial to understanding these distant worlds.
—Elizabeth Landau, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Mar. 2025
Early in her career, Rubin wasn’t allowed to collect her own data, and some observatories didn’t allow women, according to the documentary.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
Astronomers use these archives to plan follow-up observations by more powerful telescopes like Webb and Hubble, or with future observatories employing technologies unavailable today.
—Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
Mauna Kea is famous for its observatories and is an ideal location for astronomical research, since its summit provides one of the clearest and most stable skies in the world.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Observatories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/observatories. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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