![]() The USNO has conducted significant scientific studies throughout its history, including measuring the speed of light, observing solar eclipses, and discovering the moons of Mars. It is among the few pre-20th century astronomical observatories located in an urban area initially located in Foggy Bottom near the city's center, it was relocated to its current location in 1893 to escape light pollution. The observatory is located in Northwest Washington, D.C. Established in 1830 as the Depot of Charts and Instruments, it is one of the oldest scientific agencies in the United States, and remains the country's leading authority for astronomical and timing data for all purposes. The United States Naval Observatory ( USNO) is a scientific and military facility that produces geopositioning, navigation and timekeeping data for the United States Navy and the United States Department of Defense. Miller, Prescott, Jan Schildt, Frank Schlesinger, Harlow Shapley, Theodore Stoller, Otto Struve, David Todd, Robert Williams Wood Amherst College Observatory, General Electric Co., Harvard University, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Science (journal), Sproul Observatory, United States Navy, and Yerkes Observatory.The Seal of the USNO with a quote from the Astronomica by Marcus Manilius, Adde gubernandi studium: Pervenit in astra, et pontum caelo conjunxit Dicke, Harold Ewen, Fresnell, Green, Jesse Leonard Greenstein, Ejnar Hertzsprung, W. ![]() ![]() Bennett, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Thomas Cochran, Robert H. Also prominently mentioned are: Solon Bailey, A. Early contacts and interests in photoelectric photometry, his pioneering efforts in red sensitive cell photometry, work at the Radiation Laboratory at MIT during World War II, postwar research at the Naval Observatory and his co-discovery of interstellar polarization. Hall's early interest in astronomy comments about family background and early childhood, schooling in Connecticut and college training at University of Amherst and Yale University. ![]() Elske van Panhuys Smith discusses topics including: her childhood in Monaco, Austria, Holland, Venezuela, Costa Rica, and the United States of America undergraduate education at Radcliffe with Harlow Shapley marriage to Henry Smith graduate school in astronomy at Harvard University with Bart Bok job interviews with Leo Goldberg, Jesse Greenstein, Carnegie Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM), Jack Evans job offer at Sacramento Peak reception from graduate professors concerning solar astronomy family life and children in Alamogordo High Altitude Observatory fellowship at the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics in Boulder move to Washington, DC for husband's job offer at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) headquarters teaching position at the University of Maryland American Astronomical Society (AAS) and the early years of the Solar Physics Division (SPD) discrimination against women in scence Ed Dennison Donald Menze Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) teaching and administration in the College of Humanities and Science research at the Naval Observatory and Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. ![]()
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