Lick Observatory

Local nameLick Observatory
LocationCalifornia

The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of California. It is situated on the summit of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, US. The observatory is managed by the University of California Observatories, with headquarters on the University of California, Santa Cruz campus, where its scientific staff moved in the mid-1960s. It is named after James Lick.

The first new moon of Jupiter to be identified since the time of Galileo was discovered at this observatory; Amalthea, the planet's fifth, was discovered at this observatory in 1892.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lick_Observatory

Official website http://mthamilton.ucolick.org/

Address (Unnamed Road), 95140, United States

Coordinates 37°20'29" N -121°38'34.001" E

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