Griffith Observatory is an observatory in Los Angeles, California on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park.It commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin including Downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. The observatory is a popular tourist attraction with a close view of the Hollywood …

The Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) are a group of independent astronomical research facilities and large telescope observatories that are located at the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, United States.The facilities are located in a 525-acre (212 ha) special land use zone known as the "Astronomy Precinct", which is located within the 11,228-acre (4,544 …

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, previously referred to as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), is an astronomical observatory currently under construction in Chile. Its main task will be carrying out a synoptic astronomical survey, the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). The word synoptic is derived from the Greek words σύν (syn "together") and ὄψις (opsis "view"), …

Calea Lactee, rar cu denumirea Calea Laptelui, iar foarte rar cu denumirea Drumul lui Trăian, este galaxie spirală barată din care face parte Sistemul Solar.Văzută de pe Pământ, apare ca o bandă strălucitoare și difuză vizibilă pe cerul nopții format din stele, care nu pot fi distinse în mod individual de către ochiul liber.Termenul Calea Lactee este o traducere a latinescului ...