Branch of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the University of Chicago. Provides laboratory space and access to telescopes for research and instruction. History ...

Welcome to the Yerkes Observatory Virtual Tour! Yerkes is a 100-year-old observatory (owned by the University of Chicago) with five research telescopes, one of which is the largest ...

Yerkes Observatory, which calls itself "the birthplace of modern astrophysics," [1], is an astronomical observatory operated by the University of Chicago in Williams Bay, Wisconsin ...

Britannica online encyclopedia article on Yerkes Observatory:The 40-inch (1-metre) refractor at Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wis., with American astronomer ?Yerkes ...

Yerkes Observatory, astronomical observatory observatory, scientific facility especially equipped to detect and record naturally occurring scientific phenomena.