Observatorio del Harvard College

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El Observatorio del Harvard College , o también conocido por su acrónimo en inglés, HCO, es una institución que gestiona una serie de edificios, instuciones de menor importancia e instrumentos diversos utilizados para distintas investigaciones astronómicas; pertenece al Departamento de Astronomía de la Universidad Harvard y está ubicado en la ciudad de Cambridge, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos. Fue fundado en el año 1839. Actualmente, junto con el Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory forma parte del Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

Dispone de un refractor acromático de 38 cm de abertura que fue, durante 20 años , el mayor de los Estados Unidos; fue fabricado en Europa por la compañía alemana "Merz y Mahler", de Múnich , afamados ópticos constructores de otros importantes telescopios.

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Address: Cambridge, United States

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