Dudley Observatory
Dudley Observatory is an astronomical education non-profit located since 2019 in Loudonville, New York and is the oldest non-academic institution of astronomical research in America.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of Innovation and Science and Schenectady City Hall.
Museum of Innovation and Science
Museum
The Museum of Innovation and Science is a museum and planetarium located in Schenectady, New York. miSci was founded in 1934 and its exhibitions and educational programming focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics.
Schenectady City Hall
Town hall
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Schenectady City Hall is the seat of government of the city of Schenectady, New York, United States. Designed by McKim, Mead, and White, the building was constructed between 1931 and 1933. Schenectady City Hall is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Dudley Observatory.
Proctor’s Theatre
Theater building
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Proctor's Theatre is a theatre and former vaudeville house located in Schenectady, New York, United States. Many famous artists have performed there, including Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Hal Holbrook, Ted Wiles, and George Burns, as well as many others. Proctor’s Theatre is situated 2,200 feet west of Dudley Observatory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Schenectady and Downtown Schenectady.
Schenectady
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Schenectady, once called the city that lights and hauls the world, is in the Hudson Valley region of New York. Approximately 20 minutes from New York's capital of Albany, Schenectady is best known as the birthplace of General Electric and for Proctor's Theater.
Downtown Schenectady
Neighborhood
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Downtown Schenectady is the central business district for the city of Schenectady, New York. It originated in the 1820s with the moving of the commercial and industrial interests east from the original 17th and 18th century settlement, spurred on by the development of the Erie Canal.
General Electric Realty Plot
Neighborhood
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The General Electric Realty Plot, often referred to locally as the GE Realty Plot, GE Plots or just The Plot, is a residential neighborhood in Schenectady, New York, United States.
Dudley Observatory
- Type: Observatory
- Description: observatory
- Categories: astronomical observatory, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: City of Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.81183° or 42° 48′ 43″ northLongitude
-73.93372° or 73° 56′ 1″ westOpen location code
87J8R368+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 4684567348OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=observatoryWikidata ID
Q1263758
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Dudley Observatory” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Dudley Behatokia”
- Belarusian: “Абсерваторыя Дадлі”
- Catalan: “Observatori Dudley”
- Chinese: “达德利天文台”
- Dutch: “Dudley Observatorium”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد دودلى”
- French: “Observatoire Dudley”
- German: “Dudley Observatory”
- Hebrew: “מצפה כוכבים דודלי”
- Italian: “osservatorio Dudley”
- Russian: “Обсерватория Дадли”
- Spanish: “Observatorio Dudley”
- Swedish: “Dudley Observatory”
- Urdu: “ڈڈلی آبزرویٹوری”
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