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| Location | University of Mississippi campus, Oxford, Mississippi | ||||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 34°21′58″N 89°32′4″W / 34.36611°N 89.53444°W | ||||||||||||||||
| Established | 1857 | ||||||||||||||||
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  Location of Barnard Observatory  Barnard Observatory (the United States) | |||||||||||||||||
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Barnard Observatory is an academic building at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. Completed as an observatory 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 while the university's astronomers use Kennon Observatory.[3]
The observatory is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "The Barnard Observatory". University of Mississippi. Archived from the original on 2006-09-10. Retrieved 2006-12-27.
- ^ "Barnard Observatory Homepage". Barnard Observatory. Archived from the original on November 14, 2005. Retrieved December 14, 2005.