| Organization | University of Louisville | ||||
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| Location | Oldham County, Kentucky | ||||
| Coordinates | 38°20′40″N 85°31′44″W / 38.34444°N 85.52889°W | ||||
| Altitude | 230 meters (750 ft) | ||||
| Established | 1978 | ||||
| Website | Moore Observatory | ||||
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  Location of Moore Observatory | |||||
Moore Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by University of Louisville (U of L). It is located on the Horner Wildlife Refuge in Oldham County, Kentucky (USA) approximately 20 kilometers (12 mi) northeast of Louisville. It opened in 1978, and was dedicated to Walter Lee Moore, a Professor of Mathematics at U of L from 1929 to 1967.[1]
Moore Observatory is a research and advanced teaching facility of the University of Louisville. The observatory operates two research telescopes at the site, and a companion telescope at Mount Kent near Toowoomba, Australia. The observatory is located on the 200 acres (0.81 km2) Horner Wildlife Refuge. The Horner Family donated this land to the U of L in the early 1960s and another 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) of the original farm surrounds the preserve.[1]