Over 100 years after the city welcomed its first observatory, in 1854, people continue to flock down to the facility to learn more about the starry night sky.In the 1800s, an observatory was located at City Park. But there are no photos to prove an observatory actually stood there. Instead a plaque from the Ontario Heritage Foundation is the only evidence of Kingston’s astronomical beginnings.
A map inside the Sterling Hall foyer on campus indicates where the original observatory used to be. There are artifacts from the original site, including telescopes, one which operated with a clockwork mechanism to rotate against the earth’s axis, keeping things in focus for the user.Ziomkiewiez said the site of the original observatory moved from City Park to the university in the early 1900s. It stood there until it was torn down to make way for a building.
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