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are in the distant background. Most of the telescope domes in the foreground are no longer standing, but the largest dome in the top right of the photo, housing the 1847 "Great Refractor", still remains. The Great Refractor was the largest telescope in the United States until 1867. It was the first
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Akiyama, Kazunori; Alberdi, Antxon; Alef, Walter; Asada, Keiichi; Azulay, Rebecca; Baczko, Anne-Kathrin; Ball, David; Baloković, Mislav; Barrett, John; Bintley, Dan; Blackburn, Lindy (April 10, 2019).
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Hosting more than 850 scientists, engineers, and support staff, the CfA is among the largest astronomical research institutes in the world. Its projects have included Nobel Prize-winning advances in
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The CfA is also host to the Harvard University Department of Astronomy, large central engineering and computation facilities, the Science Education Department, the John G. Wolbach Library, the
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noted that "there is wanted a reflecting telescope equatorially mounted". This telescope, the 15-inch "Great Refractor", opened seven years later (in 1847) at the top of Observatory Hill in
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Board, and the CfA hosts its Array Operations Center. In 2019, the project revealed the first direct image of a black hole. The result is widely regarded as a triumph not only of
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The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian is not formally an independent legal organization, but rather an institutional entity operated under a
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and still the most powerful X-ray telescope in history, continues operations today as part of the CfA's Chandra X-ray Center. Giacconi would later win the
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The collaborative foundation for what would ultimately give rise to the Center for Astrophysics began with SAO's move to Cambridge in 1955.
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from 1877 to 1919, the observatory became the world's major producer of stellar spectra and magnitudes, established an observing station in
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Kurtz, Michael J.; Eichhorn, Guenther; Accomazzi, Alberto; Grant, Carolyn S.; Murray, Stephen S.; Watson, Joyce M. (April 1, 2000).
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image viewer worldwide). During this time, scientists and software developers at the CfA also began work on what would become the
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of astronomy and physics papers. Known for most of its history as the "Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics", the CfA
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as an "Astronomical Observer to the University". For its first four years of operation, the observatory was situated at the
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Leavitt, Henrietta S.; Pickering, Edward C. (March 1912). "Periods of 25 Variable Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud".
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This joint relationship was formalized as the new Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics on July 1, 1973.
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commissioned as part of the 2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey ("Astro2020"). If launched,
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in 2018 to its current name in an effort to reflect its unique status as a joint collaboration between
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The glass universe : how the ladies of the Harvard Observatory took the measure of the stars
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Latham, David W.; Mazeh, Tsevi; Stefanik, Robert P.; Mayor, Michel; Burki, Gilbert (May 1989).
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was part of the inspiration behind the Smithsonian's "sunburst" logo, designed in 1965 by
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Partly in response to renewed public interest in astronomy following the 1835 return of
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as a new, major field that was largely dominated by CfA scientists in its early years.
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constructed to date, enabling order-of-magnitude advances in capability over Chandra.
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as well as many visiting graduate students. The CfA estimates that roughly 10% of the
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and the internet: in 1986, SAO started developing SAOImage, one of the world's first
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Research across the CfA is organized into six divisions and seven research centers:
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Spiller, James (2015). "Rising to the Sputnik Challenge". In Spiller, James (ed.).
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in the United States spent at least a portion of their career or education there.
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in 1999. CfA-led discoveries throughout this period include canonical work on
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Fred Whipple's Empire: The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1955–1973
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In 1955, the scientific headquarters of SAO moved from Washington, D.C. to
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin : an autobiography and other recollections
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Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (ITAMP)
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on the Sun. The founding of the CfA also coincided with the birth of
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Upon Pickering's retirement in 1921, the directorship of HCO fell to
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that predate the CfA's founding. These are briefly summarized below.
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The CfA is either a lead or major partner in the operations of the
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The 1980s also saw the CfA play a distinct role in the history of
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Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS)
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world's largest database of astronomy and physics papers (ADS)
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Chandra X-ray Center (CXC), the science operations center for
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was named SAO's first director, and the observatory operated
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from 1847 until 1867. William Bond and pioneer photographer
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Milham, Willis I. (1937). "1937PA.....45..523M Page 523".
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History of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO)
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SAO is one of the 13 stakeholder institutes for the
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used the Great Refractor to produce the first clear
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(1996). 1027:, the CfA plays a central role in a number of 819:for his foundational work in X-ray astronomy. 499:telescope to take a photographic image of the 452:, SAO led major efforts in the development of 3456: 2048: 1432:"The NASA Astrophysics Data System: Overview" 1198:Observatories operated with CfA participation 626:, and applied mass-production methods to the 406:. It is likely that SAO's early history as a 297:. The CfA's current director (since 2022) is 29:Astronomical observatory in Massachusetts, US 8: 3861:Smithsonian Contributions and Studies Series 1779:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 1436:Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 1142:Solar, Stellar, and Planetary Sciences (SSP) 611:(which was also independently discovered by 472:History of Harvard College Observatory (HCO) 43: 4102:Astronomical observatories in Massachusetts 4097:Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 894:, and the first convincing evidence for an 181:Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 165:Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 3463: 3449: 3441: 2156: 2055: 2041: 2033: 1783:) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( 1705:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 1496:. 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astronomy
astrophysics
space sciences
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
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Chandra X-ray Observatory
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