Prairie Observatory
The Prairie Observatory was constructed near Oakland, Illinois by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Department of Astronomy. The site was adjacent to Walnut Point State Park and provided an accessible but dark sky site only 35 miles from campus.- Astronomical observatory
- …lies at an elevation of 686 feet (209 metres)
- Description: observatory in Illinois, US
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Latitude
39.7017° or 39° 42′ 6″ north
Longitude
-88.05337° or 88° 3′ 12″ west
Open location code
86FHPW2W+MM
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In Other Languages
“Prairie Observatory” goes by many names.
- Urdu: “پریری رصدگاہ”
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