Lick Observatory

Lick Observatory
The main observatory building and the South (large) Dome, home of the 91-centimeter (36-inch) James Lick telescope
Code	662
Location	San Jose, California, USA
Coordinates	37°20′29″N 121°38′34″W
Altitude	1,283 m (4,209 ft)
Weather	300 clear nights/year
Website http://www.ucolick.org
Telescopes C. Donald Shane telescope 3 m (9.8 ft) reflector Automated Planet Finder 2.4 m (94 in) reflector James Lick telescope 91 cm (36 in) refractor Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope 76 cm (30 in) reflector Anna L. Nickel telescope 1 m (39 in) reflector Crossley telescope 90 cm (35 in) reflector Carnegie telescope 50.8 cm (20 in) twin refractor

The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory. It is owned and operated by the University of California. It is on Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, USA. The observatory is managed by the University of California Observatories. Its headquarters is on the campus of University of California, Santa Cruz.

Significant discoveries

The following astronomical objects were discovered at Lick Observatory:

• Several moons of Jupiter
  • Amalthea
  • Ananke
  • Elara
  • Himalia
  • Lysithea
  • Sinope (disputed)
• Near-Earth asteroid (29075) 1950 DA
• Several extrasolar planets
  • Quintuple planet system
    • 55 Cancri
  • Triple planet system
    • Upsilon Andromedae (with Whipple Observatory)
  • Double planet systems
    • HD 38529 (with Keck Observatory)
    • HD 12661 (with Keck)
    • Gliese 876 (with Keck)
    • 47 Ursae Majoris

References

• Campbell, William Wallace (1902). "The Lick Observatory And Its Problems". Overland Monthly, and Out West Magazine XL (3): 321–. https://books.google.com/?id=1gYNAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA3-PA321. Retrieved 2009-08-15. 
• Vasilevskis, S. and Osterbrock, D. E. (1989) "Charles Donald Shane" Biographical Memoirs, Volume 58 pp. 489–512, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, ISBN 0-309-03938-X

Further reading

• Holden, Edward Singleton (1888). Hand-book of the Lick Observatory of the University of California.
• "Lick Observatory Edition". Mining and Scientific Press. June 23, 1888.

Other websites

• Lick Observatory
• Lick Observatory Records Digital Archive