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  2. Brazos Bend State Park - Wikipedia

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    The park is also home to the George Observatory (code: 735), a satellite facility of the Houston Museum of Natural Science. This astronomical observatory contains three domed telescopes; the largest is the Gueymard Research Telescope, which has an aperture of 0.91 m (36 in). The facility is primarily focused on public education; it includes the ...

  3. List of astronomical observatories - Wikipedia

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    George Observatory 1989 Brazos Bend State Park, near Houston, Texas, US Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT) 1995 Pune, Maharashtra, India Gifford Observatory: 1912 Wellington, New Zealand Girawali Observatory: 2006 Pune, Maharashtra, India Glen D. Riley Observatory: 1973 Naperville, Illinois, US Godlee Observatory: 1902 Manchester, England, UK

  4. Houston Museum of Natural Science - Wikipedia

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    George Observatory, an astronomy observatory equipped with three domed telescopes, including a 36-inch (910 mm) Gueymard Research Telescope and a solar telescope. The facility is located south of Sugar Land, Texas, at Brazos Bend State Park. The observatory also houses a portion of the Challenger Learning Center for Space Science Education. [21]

  5. Category:Astronomical observatories in Texas - Wikipedia

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    George Observatory; L. Las Cumbres Observatory; M. ... STARGATE; T. Texas A&M Astronomical Observatory This page was last edited on 27 December 2023, at 00:59 ...

  6. Space Center Houston - Wikipedia

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    Space Center Houston is a science museum that serves as the official visitor center of NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. It was designated a Smithsonian Affiliate museum in 2014. The organization is owned by NASA, and operated under a contract by the nonprofit Manned Spaceflight Education Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization.

  7. Hermann Park - Wikipedia

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    One of Houston's oldest public parks, Hermann Park was created on acreage donated to the City of Houston by cattleman, oilman and philanthropist George H. Hermann (1843–1914). The land was formerly the site of his sawmill. [7] It was first envisioned as part of a comprehensive urban planning effort by the city of Houston in the early 1910s. [4]

  8. Global Oscillations Network Group - Wikipedia

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    The Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG) is a worldwide network of six identical telescopes, designed to have 24/7 observations of the Sun. [1] The network serves multiple purposes, including the provision of operation data for use in space weather prediction, [2] and the study of solar internal structure and dynamics using helioseismology.

  9. George Bush Park - Wikipedia

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    George Bush Park is a county park in Houston, Texas, United States, located on the far west side of the city. Situated entirely within Barker Reservoir , a large flood control structure, the park covers 7,800 acres (32 km 2 ), most of which is undeveloped forest used for the storage of floodwater. [ 2 ]