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Lick Observatory
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astronomical observatory, California, USA
Key facts
- Alternative names
- lick
- Named after
- James Lick
- Organization
- University of California
- Location
- near San Jose, California
- Altitude
- 1,283 m (4,209 ft)
- Website
- ucolick .org /main /
- Telescopes
- Lick Observatory Main Building Anna L. Nickel telescope Automated Planet Finder C. Donald Shane Telescope Carnegie telescope Coudé Auxiliary Telescope Crossley telescope James Lick telescope Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope Tauchmann telescope
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- Elevation
- 1283
- Official website
- ucolick.org/main
- Image
- Lick Observatory Refractor.jpg
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The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of California. It is on the summit of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, United States. The observatory is managed by the University of California Observatories, with headquarters on the University of California, Santa Cruz campus, where its scientific staff moved in the mid-1960s. It is named after James Lick, who donated the funds for its construction.
The first new moon of Jupiter to be identified since the time of Galileo, Amalthea, the planet's fifth moon, was discovered at this observatory in 1892.