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    Whitin Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Wellesley College. Built in 1900, with additions in 1906, 1967, and 2010, it is...
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  • This is a list of observatory codes (IAU codes or MPC codes) published by the Minor Planet Center. For a detailed description, see observations of small...
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  • astronomical observatory owned and operated by Wellesley College Thomson M. Whitin (born 1923), American management scientist Whitin Machine Works Whitin Observatory...
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    Sarah Frances Whiting (category Whitin Observatory)
    astronomer. She was one of the founders and the first director of the Whitin Observatory at Wellesley College. She instructed several notable astronomers and...
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    Pamela Melroy (category Whitin Observatory)
    Pamela Ann Melroy (born September 17, 1961) is an American retired United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut serving as the deputy administrator...
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    writer Sarah Elizabeth Whitin, sole benefactor for the Whitin Observatory at Wellesley College. Paul Whitin, founder of the Whitin Machine Works United...
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  • Sarah Elizabeth Whitin (born April 18, 1836, died Dec 26, 1917) was sole benefactor of the Whitin Observatory, which she had built on the campus of Wellesley...
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    Annie Jump Cannon (category Whitin Observatory)
    access to the Harvard College Observatory. In 1896, Edward C. Pickering hired her as his assistant at the Observatory. In 1907, Cannon finished her studies...
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  • This is a partial list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and...
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    Margaret Lindsay Huggins (category Whitin Observatory)
    her will she bequeathed to Wellesley College and to the College's Whitin Observatory some of her astronomy collection including cherished astronomical...
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