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The Louisville Astronomical Society (LAS) was founded in 1931 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, by a group of amateur astronomers, including James Gilbert Baker. [1] The society holds regular observing sessions and star parties .
He attended Louisville duPont Manual High School then majored in mathematics at the University of Louisville. During his time at the university, he became interested in astronomy and grinding his own mirrors. In 1931 he helped to form the Louisville Astronomical Society. He graduated with a B.A. in 1935.
List of Local Astronomy Clubs In the United States: [1] Society Name City State Address Website Facebook Page AL Member Auburn Astronomical Society
James Gilbert Baker, astronomer and designer of optics systems; president of the Optical Society of America; helped found the Louisville Astronomical Society; born and raised in Louisville; attended the Louisville duPont Manual High School and the University of Louisville; Dixie Lee Bryant, geologist and educator, born in Louisville in 1862
Moore Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by University of Louisville (U of L). It is located on the Horner Wildlife Refuge in Oldham County, Kentucky (USA) approximately 20 kilometers (12 mi) northeast of Louisville. It opened in 1978, and was dedicated to Walter Lee Moore, a Professor of Mathematics at U of L from ...
A. Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh; American Association of Variable Star Observers; American Meteor Society; Association in Scotland to Research into Astronautics
Astronomer, designer of optics systems, co-founder of Louisville Astronomical Society: Born in Louisville, graduated from the University of Louisville: Isaac Chuang: Inventor, realized the first quantum computer [111] Born in Corbin: George Devol (1912–2011) Inventor of Unimate, the first industrial robot [112] Born in Louisville [112] Rex ...
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