Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory

The Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory is an American astronomical observatory. The observatory is located near Amado, Arizona, on the very top of Mount Hopkins.

The observatory is on top of Mount Hopkins

The observatory is owned and controlled by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO). The observatory is the largest field installation of SAO outside of their main site in Cambridge, Massachussets.

Research activities

The observatory does research like imaging and spectroscopy of extragalactic, stellar, solar system and extra-solar bodies. It also does research in gamma-ray and cosmic-ray.

History

In the year 1996, roads were made at the site with money for the Smithsonian Mt. Hopkins Observatory. The Whipple 10 metre gamma-ray telescope was constructed in 1968.

The observatory was first known as the Mount Hopkins Observatory. It was renamed later in 1981 in honor of Fred Lawrence Whipple.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory – Mt Hopkins, AZ". Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
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