The Newbrook Observatory (a designated historic building) was built in
Newbrook, Alberta
Newbrook is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Thorhild County. It is located at the junction of Highway 63 and Highway 661, approximately northeast of Thorhild and south of Boyle. It has an elevation of .
The hamlet is located i ...
,
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
, by the Stellar Physics Division of the
Dominion Observatory
The Dominion Observatory was an astronomical observatory in Ottawa, Ontario that operated from 1902 to 1970. The Observatory was also an institution within the Canadian Federal Government. The observatory grew out of the Department of the Inter ...
and operated as a space observatory from 1952 until 1957.
The observatory was equipped with a Super-Schmidt Meteor Camera, one of only six built by the
Perkin-Elmer Company used to observe meteors. One of the observatory resident scientists, Art Griffin, was the first in North America to photograph the
Sputnik 1 satellite (less than a week after its launch).
In 1970, the government consolidated astronomical research and the observatories at
Meanook (similar nearby facility, c.23 miles NW) and Newbrook was closed.
See also
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List of astronomical observatories
This is a list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and location. The list also includes a final year of operation for many observatories that are no longer in ...
References
External links
News story about getting the camera back in working order
Infrastructure completed in 1951
Astronomical observatories in Canada
Provincial Historic Resources of Alberta
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