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City of Cambridge

Harvard College Observatory

The Harvard College Observatory is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy.
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  • Type: Observatory
  • Description: observatory
  • Also known as: “HCO”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Harvard Kennedy School and Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.

University
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The John F. Kennedy School of Government, commonly referred to as the , is the graduate school of public policy of Harvard University, a private university in . is situated 4,000 feet southeast of Harvard College Observatory.

Museum
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The is a museum affiliated with Harvard University in , United States. Founded in 1866, the Peabody Museum is one of the oldest and largest museums focusing on anthropological material, with particular focus on the ethnography and archaeology of the Americas. is situated 3,700 feet east of Harvard College Observatory.

House
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The , recorded in an HABS survey as the Garden House, is a historic house at 88 Garden Street, . A National Historic Landmark, it is notable architecturally as the earliest known work of the designer and architect Ithiel Town, and historically as the residence of several Harvard College luminaries. is situated 530 feet north of Harvard College Observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cambridge Historic District and Avon Hill Historic District.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of that dates to colonial times.

Neighborhood
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The is a residential historic district near in . Set atop Avon Hill southwest of , this subdivision, laid out about 1870, contains a concentration of the finest Victorian and Second Empire residential buildings in the city.

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is a neighborhood.

Harvard College Observatory

Latitude
42.38153° or 42° 22′ 54″ north
Longitude
-71.12805° or 71° 7′ 41″ west
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
Open location code
87JC9VJC+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10092946390
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­observatory
Geo­Names ID
4938968
Wiki­data ID
Q637936
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Harvard College Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مرصد كلية هارفارد”
  • Armenian: “Հարվարդի աստղադիտարան”
  • Basque: “Harvard College Behatokia”
  • Basque: “HCO”
  • Belarusian: “Гарвардская абсерваторыя”
  • Bengali: “হার্ভার্ড কলেজ মানমন্দির”
  • Catalan: “Harvard College Observatory”
  • Catalan: “HCO”
  • Catalan: “Observatori de Harvard”
  • Chinese: “哈佛大学天文台”
  • Czech: “Observatoř Harvardovy univerzity”
  • Dutch: “Harvard College Observatorium”
  • Dutch: “Harvard College Observatory”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد كلية هارفارد”
  • Esperanto: “Harvard College Observatory”
  • Esperanto: “Observatorio de la Universitato Harvard”
  • French: “HCO”
  • French: “observatoire de l’université Harvard”
  • French: “Observatoire de l’université Harvard”
  • Georgian: “ჰარვარდის კოლეჯის ობსერვატორია”
  • German: “Harvard-College-Observatorium”
  • Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο του Χάρβαρντ”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים של מכללת הרווארד”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה מכללת הרווארד”
  • Irish: “Réadlann Choláiste Harvard”
  • Italian: “Harvard College Observatory”
  • Japanese: “ハーバード大学天文台”
  • Korean: “하버드 대학교 천문대”
  • Luxembourgish: “Harvard College Observatoire”
  • Macedonian: “Харвардска опсерваторија”
  • Manx: “Harvard College Observatory”
  • Manx: “HCO”
  • Manx: “RCH”
  • Manx: “Reayrtlann Cholleish Harvard”
  • Marathi: “हार्वर्ड कॉलेज वेधशाळा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Harvard College Observatory”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Harvard-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian: “Harvard-observatoriet”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه کالج هاروارد”
  • Polish: “Harvard College Observatory”
  • Portuguese: “Harvard College Observatory”
  • Romanian: “Harvard College Observatory”
  • Russian: “Гарвардская обсерватория”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Amharclann Colaiste Harvard”
  • Slovenian: “Harvard College Observatory”
  • Slovenian: “Harvardski fakultetni Observatorij”
  • Slovenian: “HCO”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio del Harvard College”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Harvard College”
  • Swedish: “Harvard College Observatory”
  • Swedish: “Harvard College-observatoriet”
  • Swedish: “Harvard Observatory”
  • Turkish: “Harvard Üniversitesi Gözlemevi”
  • Ukrainian: “Гарвардська обсерваторія”
  • Uzbek: “Garvard astronomiya rasadxonasi”
  • Welsh: “Arsyllfa Coleg Havard”
  • Welsh: “Harvard College Observatory”

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