Goodsell Observatory
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Goodsell Observatory is an observatory at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. It was constructed in 1887 and was, at the time, the largest observatory in the state of Minnesota.[citation needed] The Goodsell Observatory and its predecessor, a smaller observatory that opened in 1878, served as a widely consulted timekeeping station, bringing national prominence to Carleton College in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[2]
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Organization | Carleton College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Observatory code | 741 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Northfield, Minnesota, US | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°27′43″N 93°09′09″W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Altitude | 290 meters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weather | See the Clear Sky Clock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Established | 1887 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | carleton.edu/astro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Goodsell Observatory was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 for its national significance in the themes of architecture, communications, education, engineering, literature, and science.[3] It was nominated for being one of the nation's few intact 19th-century observatories (complete with a large collection of vintage scientific equipment); and for its critical timekeeping service, its association with scientific literature (founder William W. Payne also founded the journal Popular Astronomy), its fine Romanesque Revival architecture, and continuous use as a teaching facility.[4] While the telescope sees use in astronomy classes, the building houses offices and a classroom used by Carleton's linguistics and environmental studies departments.