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Observatory gets a new spot in history.
; ...fortune to establish the Lick Observatory. James Lick looked through two of George...later named director of Lick Observatory. In the letter, Madeira...Davidson, also encouraged Lick to build an observatory. The Stockton Astronomical...
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From supermarket to dome control. (bar code technology used to line up observatory dome's slit)
; ...observatories--to keep a dome's slit properly lined up with the observatory's telescope. At many observatories, astronomers no longer...overhead, ice may have formed on the detector or the observatory's rotating dome may have shifted enough to block the...view. The dome problem was particularly severe at the ...
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U. of C. says goodbye to storied eye to the sky: But Wisconsin's Yerkes Observatory will be preserved for outreach to schools.
; ...announced a real estate sale that would preserve the observatory for academic outreach, while gracefully letting...costly day-to-day operations. Our hope is that the observatory can be in the 21st Century a greater center for outreach in astronomy than the observatory was to research, said Hank Webber, ...
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Firefighters hope to keep Lick blaze from homes
; ...blaze under control. Authorities announced Wednesday that the Lick Fire was started by careless behavior at a private hunting...foothills above Santa Clara Valley. For most of Wednesday, the Lick Fire, named because it was first spotted Monday from Lick Observatory, was moving east through a ...
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Crews on guard for shifting winds as Lick fire grows: AUTHORITIES: 14,000-ACRE BLAZE STARTED AT HUNTING CAMP.
; ...blaze under control. Authorities announced Wednesday that the Lick fire was started by careless behavior at a private hunting...above the Santa Clara Valley. For most of Wednesday, the Lick fire, named because it was first spotted Monday from Lick Observatory, was moving east through a remote and ...
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The Lick fire: 10,000 acres and growing: FIRE IN REMOTE COE STATE PARK DISTANT FROM MOST VALLEY RESIDENTS.
; ...burning about 10 miles from the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, according to a fire spokesman. But the observatory is not in danger. Keith Baker...night, though workers at the observatory kept a close watch on the blaze...
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Lick fire environmentally beneficial, experts contend
; ...the landscape as long as it doesn't burn houses down." By 7 p.m. Sunday, the blaze, called the Lick fire because of its nearness to Lick Observatory, had burned 47,760 acres. Nearly all of that area was within the 88,000-acre Coe State Park...
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Delicate ecosystem survives Lick fire
; ...the landscape as long as it doesn't burn houses down." By 7 p.m. Sunday, the blaze, called the Lick fire because of its proximity to Lick Observatory, had burned 47,760 acres. Nearly all of that area was within the 88,000-acre Coe State Park...
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Most animals survived Lick fire, officials say
; ...the landscape as long as it doesn't burn houses down." By 7 p.m. Sunday, the blaze, called the Lick fire because of its nearness to Lick Observatory, had burned 47,760 acres. Nearly all of that area was within the 88,000-acre Coe State Park...
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Teacher charged on suspicion of Lick fire
; ...of dry conditions this summer. At one point, more than 1,800 firefighters were fighting the Lick fire, named for its proximity to the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton. Nearly all of the fire was within the 88,000-acre Henry W. Coe State Park...
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