Shattuck Observatory
Shattuck Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The observatory's most notable director was Edwin Brant Frost, who went on to be the director of the Yerkes Observatory.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rauner Special Collections Library and The Green.
Rauner Special Collections Library
Library
Rauner Special Collections Library is situated 210 metres west of Shattuck Observatory.
The Green
Park
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The Green is a grass-covered field and common space at the center of Dartmouth College, an Ivy League university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The Green is situated 310 metres southwest of Shattuck Observatory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hanover and Norwich.
Hanover
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Hanover is a college town in west central New Hampshire across the Connecticut River from Norwich, Vermont. It is home to Dartmouth College, founded in 1769, whose historic campus dominates the center of the town.
Norwich
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Norwich is a city of 3,600 people in eastern Vermont across the Connecticut River from Hanover, New Hampshire. It is commuter town for nearby Hanover, New Hampshire, across the Connecticut River, and is home to some of the state of Vermont's wealthiest residents.
Norwich Village Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Norwich Village Historic District encompasses the compact village center of Norwich, Vermont. The village was developed mainly in the first half of the 19th century, benefiting in importance from the 1820 founding of what is now Norwich University.
Shattuck Observatory
- Type: astronomical observatory
- Description: early observatory at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
- Location: Town of Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Japanese—“Shattuck Observatory” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد شاتوك”
- Japanese: “シャタック天文台”
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