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4 unusual facts about James Edward Keeler


James Edward Keeler

Keeler worked at Lick Observatory beginning in 1888, but left after being appointed director of the University of Pittsburgh's Allegheny Observatory in 1891.

His ashes were interred in a crypt at the base of the 31-inch Keeler Memorial telescope at the Allegheny Observatory.

These observations were made with a spectrograph attached to the 13-inch Fitz-Clark refracting telescope at Allegheny Observatory.

Mount Whitney

Keeler Needle was named for James Keeler and Day Needle was named for William Cathcart Day.



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