Lick Observatory

American  

noun

1. the astronomical observatory of the University of California, situated on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California, and having a 120-inch (3-meter) reflecting telescope and a 36-inch (91-centimeter) refracting telescope.

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Example Sentences

"I am proud that both UCO's Lick Observatory and the Keck Observatories were involved in the characterization of a really important system," said Matthew Shetrone, deputy director of UC Observatories.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2024

Flames reared up in communities from the dry hills west of the San Joaquin Valley to the edge of San Jose, nearing the famed Lick Observatory, which serves astronomers from the University of California.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2020

At the University of California’s Lick Observatory, Faller and his team of scientists and students initially encountered difficulties because Apollo 11 landed miles off-course from its expected landing site.

From Scientific American • Jul. 11, 2019

At the time, the largest telescope in the world was the 36-inch refractor at the Lick Observatory near San Jose, California.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

One of the nation’s leading astronomers, Campbell had been director of the university’s Lick Observatory for twenty-three years.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik