The Maria Mitchell Observatory is in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded in 1908 and named in honor of Maria Mitchell, the first American woman astronomer. It is a major component of the Maria Mitchell Association. The facility actually consists of two observatories - the main Maria Mitchell Observatory near downtown Nantucket and the Loines Observatory about a kilometer west of town. It is also the repository for a valuable collection of over 8,000 wide-field glass photographic plates, recording observations of large swaths of sky from 1913 to 1995.
- Country
- United States
- Website
- https://www.mariamitchell.org/
