Harvard College Observatory

The Harvard College Observatory (HCO) is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy. It is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, and was founded in 1839. With the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, it forms part of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.

History

telescope In 1839, the Harvard Corporation voted to appoint William Cranch Bond, a prominent Boston clockmaker, as "Astronomical Observer to the University" (at no salary). This marked the founding of the Harvard College Observatory. HCO's first telescope, the 15-inch Great Refractor, was installed in 1847. ==Publications==

Publications

From 1898 to 1926, a series of Bulletins were issued containing many of the major discoveries of the period. These were then replaced by Announcement Cards which continued to be issued until 1952. In 1908, the observatory published the Harvard Revised Photometry Catalogue, which gave rise to the HR star catalogue, now maintained by the Yale University Observatory as the Bright Star Catalogue. ==Directors==

Directors

• William Cranch Bond 1839–1859 • George Phillips Bond 1859–1865 • Joseph Winlock 1866–1875 • Edward Charles Pickering 1877–1919 • Solon Irving Bailey 1919–1921 (Acting Director) • Harlow Shapley 1921–1952 • Donald H. Menzel 1952–1953 (Acting Director); 1954–1966 (Director) • Leo Goldberg 1966–1970 • Fred Whipple 1955-1973 • George B. Field 1973-1982 (founding director of the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian) • Irwin Shapiro 1983–2004 • Charles Alcock 2004–2022 ==See also==

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