Barnard Observatory

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Barnard Observatory
Organization University of Mississippi
Location Oxford, Mississippi
Coordinates

Barnard Observatory was a U.S. astronomical observatory owned and operated by University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. Completed in 1859, it was part of the astronomy focus that chancellor Frederick A.P. Barnard had for the school.[1] Due to the outbreak of the Civil War, though, the purchase of the observatory's telescopes were put on hold. Today the observatory houses the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, and the university's astronomers uses Kennon Observatory.

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  1. Barnard Observatory Homepage. Barnard Observatory. Retrieved on December 14, 2005.

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  1. ^ The Barnard Observatory. University of Mississippi. Retrieved on 2006-12-27.
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