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Organization | Astronomy Department, University of Virginia |
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Location | Albemarle County, VA, USA |
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Altitude | 566 meters (1857 feet) |
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Webpage | {Link without Title} |
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Telescopes |
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Fan Mountain Astrometric reflector | 40-inch reflector |
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Fan Mountain Infrared reflector | 31-inch reflector |
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Cooke astrograph | 10-inch astrograph |
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(or Fan Mountain Station of
Leander McCormick Observatory , an observatory run by the Astronomy Department of the
University Of Virginia in southern
Albemarle County ,
Virginia . It was opened in
1966 with a 31-inch Tinsley reflector, with a 40-inch Baker-
Schmidt astrometric reflector following in
1972 , to extend the
Parallax work of the
McCormick Observatory , which was suffering from
Light Pollution from growing
Charlottesville ,
Virginia by this time.
