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Harvard will build a new astronomical observing station, to be the most extensively equipped in the East, at the highest point between Mount Wachusett and the sea, on Oak Ridge, Harvard, Massachusetts, 27 miles northwest of Cambridge. Actual construction will begin early in the spring, according to the announcement made yesterday afternoon by Dr. Harlow Shapley, director of the Harvard College Observatory...
...Oak Ridge Superior...
...dozen possible sites were examined by the Harvard astronomers during the past six months, but the Oak Ridge station has proved to be superior to any other in Eastern Massachusetts. The land comprises more than thirty acres of woodland, the woods being a desideratum in providing a protection against wind, dust, and stray light from neighboring villages, farmhouses, and highways. It was given to the University by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C. Fuller of Belmont...
...estimated that telescopic power will gain, on Oak Ridge, a whole magnitude beyond that obtainable at the present site in Cambridge. This difference in brightness corresponds to a doubling of the number of stars within the reach of the various photographic telescopes...
...construction on Oak Ridge will include the building and turret for the 60-inch reflector, three buildings for the other telescopes, a central building containing dark room, clock room, working library, storage, and quarters for one or two observers. Two or three separate cottages will be constructed for those members of the staff who will remain permanently on the site...