Washburn Observatory
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The Washburn Observatory is an astronomical observatory located at 1401 Observatory Drive on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Completed in 1881, it was
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Washburn Observatory in the 1885 Wisconsin Blue Book
Observatory dome with the constellation Orion in the background.
Observatory in the evening
George Comstock (astronomer)
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George Cary Comstock was an American astronomer and educator.
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…meant to be used in locating the hypothetical planet Vulcan, were removed in 1882. He was succeeded by Directors Edward S. Holden (1883-1886) then George C. Comstock (1886-1922). Alice Maxwell Lamb Updegraff and her husband Milton Updegraff both worked at the Washburn Observatory in the 1880s. Joel Stebbins became…
George Cary Comstock