Civic Astronomy

The founding of the Dudley Observatory at Albany, N.Y., in 1852 was a milestone in humanity''s age-old quest to understand the heavens. As the best equipped astronomical observatory in the U.S. led by the first American to hold a Ph.D. in astronomy, Benjamin Apthorp Gould Jr., the observatory helped pioneer world-class astronomy in America. It also proclaimed Albany''s status as a major national c...