The Pacific Northwest Regional Observatory is an
astronomical observatory
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at the
Wallula Gap
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in the
Horse Heaven Hills, near the Columbia River in Southeast Washington. It is owned by . The main instrument, an 0.8 meter
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reflecting optical telescope, was formerly located at
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above
Richland, Washington, where it was installed in 1971 by
Battelle, dismantled in 2009, and restored at
Columbia Basin College in Richland 2010–2011. Construction of the observatory at Braden Research Farm, owned by
Whitman College, broke ground in 2011, and the telescope mirror was placed there in November 2012.
, the main instrument, then at Rattlesnake Mountain, was "the largest, most powerful, optical research-grade telescope in Washington State".
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List of observatories
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2012 establishments in Washington (state)
Astronomical observatories in Washington (state)
Buildings and structures in Walla Walla County, Washington
Horse Heaven Hills
Whitman College
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