Dearborn Observatory

The Dearborn Observatory is an astronomical observatory located on the campus of Northwestern University. The observatory was originally constructed in 1888, through an agreement between the university and the Chicago Astronomical Society.
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  • Type: astronomical observatory
  • Description: astronomical observatory in Evanston, Illinois
  • Also known as: “2131 Tech Drive”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shakespeare Garden and Deering Library.

Garden
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The in , United States, is a on the campus of Northwestern University. Planned in 1915 and built from 1916 to 1929, the garden was the first in the United States.

Library
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Charles Deering Memorial Library is an academic library of Northwestern University, a private research university in . Deering served as the university's main library on the Evanston campus from 1933, when it was established, until the construction of the Northwestern University Main Library in 1970. is situated 1,200 feet south of Dearborn Observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Evanston Lakeshore Historic District and Central Street.

Neighborhood
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The is a residential historic district in , . The district encompasses a section of southeast Evanston that was developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Neighborhood
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is the principal east-west artery in the far north of and is a major thoroughfare in other northern and northwest suburbs of Chicago. is situated 2 miles west of Dearborn Observatory.

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is 16 miles north of . It is part of the affluent corridor of lakefront Chicago suburbs known as the . It is the location of the world's oldest still-standing Bahá'í House of Worship.

Dearborn Observatory

Latitude
42.05642° or 42° 3′ 23″ north
Longitude
-87.67561° or 87° 40′ 32″ west
Elevation
597 feet (182 metres)
Open location code
86JJ384F+HQ
Geo­Names ID
4889586
Wiki­data ID
Q4553007
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Urdu—“Dearborn Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Dearborn Observatorium”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد ديربورن”
  • German: “Dearborn Observatory”
  • Japanese: “2131 テック ドライヴ”
  • Japanese: “ディアボーン天文台”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dearborn Observatory”
  • Norwegian: “Dearborn Observatory”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório Astronômico”
  • Urdu: “ڈیئربورن رصدگاہ”

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