Observatorio Yerkes

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El Observatorio Yerkes es un observatorio astronómico estadounidense instalado en Williams Bay, Wisconsin, perteneciente a la Universidad de Chicago. Fue financiado por el magnate Charles Tyson Yerkes , cuyo cuerpo está enterrado en la base del soporte de la montura del telescopio principal.

Cuando el astrónomo George Ellery Hale llegó a la Universidad de Chicago, su presidente era el joven William Rainey Harper, conocido niño prodigio , a quien convenció de la necesidad de construir un nuevo observatorio en las inmediaciones de su universidad: eligieron una ubicación situada en Lake Geneva, a la que se desplazó el astrónomo S. W. Burnham para comprobar sus condiciones de visibilidad. Después de distintas pruebas satisfactorias, les comunicó que pese a la poca altura sobre el nivel del mar, la visión y calidad óptica del cielo era excelente para sus propósitos.

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