SAO Celebrates Anniversary of Transfer

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Summary

The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory celebrates the silver anniversary (25 years) of the transfer of its headquarters from Washington to the grounds of the Harvard College Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Subject

  • Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  • Harvard College Observatory
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 3, "The Torch," May 1981, p. 2.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

April 10, 1981

Topic

  • Anniversaries
  • Observatories
  • Astrophysics
  • Astronomy

Place

Massachusetts

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