UW Space Place Guest Presentation

From 1897 until 2018, Yerkes Observatory, in Williams Bay, WI, equipped with the world's largest refracting telescope, was a major research facility of the University of Chicago. The historic observatory has now entered on a new career as a historical and educational institution, which has also not left research behind. Dr Amanda Bauer, Deputy Director for Yerkes Observatory, will tell us about the history, transitions, and future of this famous Wisconsin astronomical observatory.