Yerkes Observatory

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astronomical observatory historic site research institution

Yerkes Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory in Wisconsin renowned for housing one of the world’s largest refracting telescopes and for its influential role in 20th-century astrophysical research.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical observatory → historic site → research institution →
affiliation	Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago →
architect	Henry Ives Cobb →
associatedWith	University of Chicago Yerkes Observatory classification system →
buildingStyle	Beaux-Arts architecture →
constructionStartDate	1895 →
country	United States of America →
elevationAboveSeaLevel	335 meters →
hasAlternativeName	Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago →
hasCoordinateLatitude	42.571 →
hasCoordinateLongitude	-88.550 →
hasDomeDiameter	27 meters (main dome) → 90 feet (main dome) →
hasFacility	laboratories → library → observatory dome → offices →
hasInstrument	photographic plates → photometers → spectrographs →
hasTelescope	24-inch reflecting telescope → 40-inch reflecting telescope → Yerkes 40-inch refracting telescope →
hasVisitorProgram	public tours →
heritageStatus	historic observatory →
inaugurationDate	1897 →
influenced	development of modern astrophysics →
locatedIn	Walworth County, Wisconsin → Williams Bay, Wisconsin → Wisconsin →
namedAfter	Charles T. Yerkes →
notableFor	early 20th-century astrophysical research → stellar classification work → stellar spectroscopy → world’s largest operable refracting telescope →
operatedBy	University of Chicago (historically) →
ownedBy	University of Chicago →
researchField	astronomy → astrophysics →
telescopeAperture	102 centimeters → 40 inches →
telescopeType	refracting telescope →
usedFor	astronomical observation → education → public outreach → scientific research →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gerhard Herzberg → Margaret Burbidge → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar →	employer
Yerkes Observatory ("University of Chicago Yerkes Observatory classification system") →	associatedWith
George Ellery Hale →	founded
Yerkes Observatory ("Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago") →	hasAlternativeName
Yerkes Observatory ("Yerkes 40-inch refracting telescope") →	hasTelescope
George Ellery Hale ("40-inch refractor at Yerkes Observatory") →	notableWork
George Willis Ritchey →	workedAt