Barnard Observatory

Barnard Observatory
Front of the observatory
Location	Oxford, Mississippi
Coordinates	34°21′58″N 89°32′02″W / 34.366°N 89.534°W / 34.366; -89.534
Established	1857 (1857)
Telescopes Unnamed Telescope Barnard Observatory U.S. National Register of Historic Places Location University of Mississippi campus, Oxford, Mississippi Coordinates 34°21′58″N 89°32′4″W / 34.36611°N 89.53444°W / 34.36611; -89.53444Coordinates: 34°21′58″N 89°32′4″W / 34.36611°N 89.53444°W / 34.36611; -89.53444 Area less than one acre Built 1857 Architectural style Greek Revival Governing body State NRHP Reference # 78001607[1] Added to NRHP December 8, 1978

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.^[2] 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 use Kennon Observatory.^[3]

See also

• List of observatories

References