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Observatory Attractions In Richmond Hill

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Richmond Hill is a town in south-central York Region, Ontario, Canada. Part of the Greater Toronto Area, it is the York Region's third most populous municipality and the 28th most populous municipality in Canada. It is also Canada's most populous town. Richmond Hill has seen a population growth since the 1990s. The town is home to the David Dunlap Observatory telescope, at one time the second largest telescope in the world, and still the largest in Canada.
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Observatory Attractions In Richmond Hill

  • 1. David Dunlap Observatory Richmond Hill
    The David Dunlap Observatory is a large astronomical observatory site just north of Toronto in Richmond Hill, Ontario, housed on a 189-acre estate. Formerly owned and operated by the University of Toronto from its establishment in 1935 until 2008, the observatory is now managed by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Toronto Centre and the David Dunlap Observatory Defenders . Its primary instrument is a 74-inch reflector telescope, at one time the second-largest telescope in the world, and still the largest in Canada. Several other telescopes are also located at the site, which formerly included a small radio telescope as well. The DDO is the site of a number of important studies, including pioneering measurements of the distance to globular clusters, providing the first direct eviden...
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