Definition
Observatories that maintain telescopes and other instrumentation for astronomical study and often conduct public tours which feature information about the facility's ongoing work as well as educational displays and exhibits of astronomical phenomena. Most observatories also maintain planetariums which have public auditoriums with large domed ceilings on which images of the sun, moon, planets, stars and other celestial bodies are projected by a complex optical instrument that can revolve to show principle celestial motions.
URL Name
TA-5500-7500
Third Level Code
TA-5500
Taxonomy Code
TA-5500.7500
Parent Code
TA-5500
Family Code
T
Second Level Code
TA
Fourth Level Code
TA-5500-7500
Use References
Observatories
Publication Status
Online