Perkins Observatory
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Perkins Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Delaware, Ohio, United States. It is owned and operated by Ohio Wesleyan University.
Main facade
The old building (now Ohio Wesleyan University Student Observatory). It was here Perkins actually worked most of his career, as he had died by the time the new observatory was finished in the 1920s.
69 inch telescope lens being inspected by head of NBS and the Perkins Observatory
The 69 inch glass blank for the main mirror of the telescope
Wow! signal
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The Wow! signal was a strong narrowband radio signal detected on August 15, 1977, by Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope in the United States, then used to support the search for extraterr
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…telescope known as Big Ear was built on Perkins Observatory property and operated from 1963 to 1998. It was famous in part for its work on SETI and the WOW! Signal detected in 1977. This instrument was built and operated by the Ohio State University. OSU had been given a 12.5 inch aperture refractor and observatory…
The Wow! signal represented as "6EQUJ5" on the computer printout, with Ehman's handwritten exclamation
The section of the computer printout containing the Wow! signal (bottom left), hand-dated "Aug 15, 1977". The original document is preserved by Ohio History Connection.