Allegheny Observatory

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Allegheny Observatory is a historic astronomical research facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known for its significant contributions to observational astronomy and astrophysics.

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Label Occurrences
Allegheny Observatory canonical 5

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical observatory
historic building
research institute
affiliatedWith University of Pittsburgh
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
city Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
surface form: Pittsburgh
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
foundingPurpose astronomical research
astrophysics research
public education in astronomy
hasDome three domes
hasFunction astrometry
astrophysics
observational astronomy
public outreach
university teaching
hasResearchField astrometry
astronomical instrumentation
astronomy
astrophysics
celestial mechanics
cosmology
extragalactic astronomy
galactic astronomy
planetary science
stellar astronomy
hasTelescope 11-inch Clark refractor
surface form: Fitz-Clark Refractor

Keeler Memorial Reflector
Thaw Refractor
knownFor contributions to stellar distance scale
precision astrometry
public lecture series
time service in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
locatedIn Allegheny County
surface form: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Riverview Park, Pittsburgh
locatedOn Perrysville Avenue NERFINISHED
material white limestone
namedAfter Allegheny, Pennsylvania
surface form: Allegheny City
offers educational programs
public lectures
public tours
openToPublic yes
operatedBy University of Pittsburgh
ownedBy University of Pittsburgh
specializesIn photometry
planetary observations
spectroscopy
stellar parallax measurements
state Pennsylvania

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Subject: Allegheny Observatory
Description of subject: Allegheny Observatory is a historic astronomical research facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known for its significant contributions to observational astronomy and astrophysics.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Edward Keeler workLocation Allegheny Observatory
Allegheny, Pennsylvania hasNotableSite Allegheny Observatory
Samuel Pierpont Langley workLocation Allegheny Observatory
Samuel Pierpont Langley directorOf Allegheny Observatory
Keeler employer Allegheny Observatory
subject surface form: James Edward Keeler