The National Astronomical Observatory of Chile is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Department of Astronomy of the University of Chile. It is located on Cerro Calán, a hill in the
Cerro Calán
Santa Lucia Hill c. 1850
James Melville Gilliss
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James Melville Gilliss was an astronomer, United States naval officer and founder of the United States Naval Observatory.
National Astronomical Observatory (Chile)
…National Astronomical Observatory of Chile (OAN) can be traced back to the Gillis Expedition, a project of the United States Naval Observatory, led by James Melville Gilliss, who arrived in Chile in 1849 to observe Mars and Venus from the southern hemisphere so as to improve solar parallax. Gilliss and his party set up their…
James Melville Gilliss