Astronomy, Rankin Science Observatory, 1964

This image shows the first attempt to photograph the moon at Rankin Science Observatory by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Appalachian State University (1967-current) on July 15, 1964. The photograph was taken by John Dinkens. The Rankin Science Observatory was originally known as the Dark Sky Observatory housed in Rankin Science Hall, built 1963, and managed by the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences. A separate Dark Sky Observatory was opened in 1981 twenty miles northeast of Boone, NC. The Department offers an undergraduate degrees in applied physics and graduate degrees in engineering physics, as well as courses in industrial, chemical, computational, environmental, medical, and radiation safety physics.

Astronomy

Appalachian State University

General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 13, Physics and Astronomy, C14.2.3.1.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

7/15/1964

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Photographs

English

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1960s

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.). College of Arts and Sciences. Department of Physics and Astronomy

Series 6 -- Colleges, Departments, Offices, and Centers

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