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Oregon Observatory is an astronomical
observatory An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial, marine, or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geophysical, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed. His ...
operated by the not-for-profit Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory in Sunriver,
Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
, United States, near
Sunriver Resort Sunriver Resort is a luxury resort and residential community in central Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The resort is located at the edge of the high desert, just east of the Cascade Range, in Sunriver, Oregon, Sunr ...
. As of 2011, the observatory had eleven telescopes, and by 2013, it had twenty-three telescopes with thirteen of them or more. In July 2012, the observatory was renamed the Oregon Observatory at Sunriver.


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