Key facts
- Alternative names
- 754 YE
- Named after
- Charles Yerkes
- Organization
- Yerkes Future Foundation
- Location
- Williams Bay , Walworth County , Wisconsin
- Altitude
- 334 m (1,096 ft)
- Website
- yerkesobservatory.org
- Architect
- Henry Ives Cobb
- 40 inch 102 cm
- 40-inch (102 cm) refractor , Dedicated 1897
- 24 inch 61 cm
- Cassegrain reflector , Boller & Chivens
- 10 inch 25 cm
- Cassegrain reflector
- 7 inch 18 cm
- Schmidt camera
- 12 inch
- Kenwood Refractor ( former )
- 23 5 inch
- The "Two Foot" ( former )
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1897
- Location
- Williams Bay, United States
- Also known as
- YO
- Status
- Active
ISNI 0000 0000 8734 5589
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- astronomical observatory
- Named after
- Charles Yerkes
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Williams Bay
- Elevation
- 334
- Headquarters
- Williams Bay
- Parent organization
- University of Chicago
- Official website
- www.yerkesobservatory.org
- Image
- Yerkesobservatoryfromair.jpg
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- Commons category
- Yerkes Observatory
- described by source
- Nordisk familjebok
- inception
- 1897-00-00
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Modern Art
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Encyclopedic overview
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