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Yerkes Observatory

The University of Chicago has a large refractor telescope here. Built in 1897, it is still in use.

Coordinates:

42.570679, -88.556267

General Location:

58 miles SW of Milwaukee, in Williams Bay

State:

Wisconsin

Keywords:

Archive ID#:

4244

Links:

http://astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes/