Big Bear Solar Observatory
Big Bear Solar Observatory is a university-based solar observatory in the United States. It is operated by New Jersey Institute of Technology. BBSO has a 1.6-meter clear-aperture Goode Solar Telescope, which has no obscuration in the optical train.Photo: Pgoode1943, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Big Bear Discovery Center and Cedar Lake.
Big Bear Discovery Center
Tourism office
Big Bear Discovery Center is a regional visitor center and nature center, located in the Big Bear Valley of the San Bernardino Mountains, and within the San Bernardino National Forest, in San Bernardino County, southern California. Big Bear Discovery Center is situated 1 mile east of Big Bear Solar Observatory.
Cedar Lake
Reservoir
Cedar Lake is an artificial lake in the San Bernardino Mountains of California that has appeared in dozens of Western films. It is the centerpiece of Cedar Lake Camp, a private retreat center owned and operated by Cedar Lake Camp, Inc, a non profit public benefit corporation. Cedar Lake is situated 2½ miles southwest of Big Bear Solar Observatory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Big Bear Lake and Fawnskin.
Big Bear Lake
Photo: Don Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Big Bear Lake is a city in the middle of the San Bernardino National Forest in San Bernardino County in Southern California.
Fawnskin
Hamlet
Photo: Magi Media, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fawnskin is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is located on the northwest side of Big Bear Valley, in the heart of the San Bernardino Mountains, at an altitude of 6,827 feet.
Big Bear
Town
Photo: Magi Media, Public domain.
Big Bear City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in San Bernardino County, California, United States along the east shore of Big Bear Lake and surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest. Big Bear is situated 4½ miles east of Big Bear Solar Observatory.
Big Bear Solar Observatory
- Type: Observatory
- Description: observatory
- Categories: astronomical observatory, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: San Bernardino County, Desert, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.26028° or 34° 15′ 37″ northLongitude
-116.92077° or 116° 55′ 15″ westOperator
New Jersey Institute of TechnologyOpen location code
8565736H+4MOpenStreetMap ID
way 143311471OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=observatoryOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=observatoryWikidata ID
Q858519
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Big Bear Solar Observatory” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “大熊湖太陽天文台”
- Dutch: “Big Bear Solar Observatorium”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد بيج بير الشمسى”
- French: “Big Bear Solar Observatory”
- French: “observatoire solaire de Big Bear Lake”
- French: “Observatoire solaire de big bear lake”
- French: “Observatoire solaire de Big Bear Lake”
- German: “Big Bear Solar Observatory”
- Hebrew: “מצפה השמש ביג בר”
- Italian: “Big Bear Solar Observatory”
- Japanese: “ビッグ・ベア太陽観測所”
- Luxembourgish: “Big Bear Solar Observatoire”
- Russian: “Биг-Бэр солнечная обсерватория”
- Russian: “Биг-Бэр”
- Slovak: “Big Bear Solar Observatory”
- Urdu: “بگ بیئر شمسی رصدگاہ”
- Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn mặt trời Big Bear”
- Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn Mặt Trời Big Bear”
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