The Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy is an independent, non-profit, professional astronomical observatory dedicated to astronomical education and research, near Monterey, California. It wa
MIRA 2019 Center
The MIRA Bernard M. Oliver Observing Station in winter
OOS at Sunrise
MIRA's Oliver Observing Station with the roof rolled off
The Warner and Swasey Observatory is the astronomical observatory of Case Western Reserve University. Named after Worcester R. Warner and Ambrose Swasey, who built it at the beginning of the 20th cent
Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy
…Spanish word for ‘look’. The idea for an independent observatory came from Wm. Bruce Weaver and Craig Chester, then astronomy graduate students at Warner and Swasey Observatory, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio; the other founders were Donna Burych, Cynthia Irvine, Nelson Irvine, Albert Merville, Anne Merville…
The rooftop telescope with the dome open
The Warner and Swasey Observatory at Kitt Peak National Observatory
The Burrell Schmidt telescope at the Warner and Swasey Observatory at Kitt Peak National Observatory
Allen Memorial Medical Library Exterior