Lick Observatory

Lick Observatory
The James Lick telescope, housed in the South (large) Dome of main building
Alternative nameslick Edit this at Wikidata
Named afterJames Lick Edit this on Wikidata
Organization
Observatory code 662 Edit this on Wikidata
Locationnear San Jose, California
Coordinates37°20′28″N 121°38′35″W / 37.3411°N 121.6431°W / 37.3411; -121.6431
Altitude1,283 m (4,209 ft) Edit this at Wikidata
Websiteucolick.org/main/ Edit this at Wikidata
Telescopes
Lick Observatory is located in the United States
Lick Observatory
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The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of California. It is on the summit of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, United States. The observatory is managed by the University of California Observatories, with headquarters on the University of California, Santa Cruz campus, where its scientific staff moved in the mid-1960s. It is named after James Lick.

The first new moon of Jupiter to be identified since the time of Galileo, Amalthea, the planet's fifth moon, was discovered at this observatory in 1892.