Yana da wuya a yi imani da cewa duniyar farko na duniyar ta duniya - wadda aka gina a 1888 - za ta ci gaba da aiki da kuma samar wa masana kimiyya bayanai mai mahimmanci. Bayan fiye da karni na hidima, Lick Observatory har yanzu shine farkon da kuma cibiyar bincike na kimiyya, Jami'ar California ta Santa Cruz ta gudanar. Ana maraba da masu maraba, kuma wuri mafi girma na dutse yana da kyakkyawar makoma don tafiya ta kwana daga Silicon Valley.
A Lick Observatory, za ku iya shiga cikin dome na ainihi don jin labarin tarihinsa da fasaha. Yana da wani ɗan gajeren tafiya a kusa da tashar tauraron Shane na kusa, inda duniyoyin zasu bayyana dalilin da ya sa ya kasance daya daga cikin manyan maƙallan da aka yi amfani dasu wajen gano taurari a waje da tsarin hasken rana.
Shirin Shirin Masu Biki
Hanya mafi kyau don ganin Lick Observatory shine shiga cikin Shirin Masu Binciken Masu Biki lokacin da za ku iya ziyarta da maraice kuma ku sami damar da za ku iya gani ta hanyar telescopes. Yana da shahara sosai cewa suna sayar da ita a kowace shekara - kuma suna ba da shawara kan kawo yara a ƙarƙashin 8. Sannan kuma ana gudanar da sakin layi na Spheres a lokacin rani. Yi rajistar jerin sunayen su don samun bayani ga halin yanzu.
Lick Observatory Tips
- Yi nazarin kyauta da aka ba kowane rabin sa'a don fahimtar muhimmancin da abubuwan da suka faru na Lick Observatory.
- Yara za su iya samun wannan wuri mai dadi - sai dai idan sun kasance kadan wannabe astronomers.
- Rikicin Lick yana da tudu ne na mita 4,200, kuma zai fi damuwa fiye da inda kuka fara daga. Ɗauki kayan ado na musamman.
- Ka cika tank din kafin ka fara dutse - babu tashar gas a nan.
- Za ku sami kantin kyauta, kayan injiniya, da kuma dakuna, amma ba za ku ci ba.
- Kada ka yi ƙoƙari ka je Lick Observatory da dare - babu wani abu da za a gani, kuma fitilun motarka na iya rikita batun binciken masana kimiyya.
- Hanyar da ke hawa dutsen shi ne damuwa ga duk wanda ke fama da cutar motsi. Ku zo magani mafiya so.
- Domin taman kujera zuwa dome 120 mai inganci, kira 408-274-5061 kafin ka tafi.
Brief History of Lick Observatory
Yau, bazai yi mamakin ganin wani sashen kimiyya na gefen San Jose a cikin Silicon Valley ba, amma ya zama labarin daban a ƙarshen 1880s.
Miliyoyin Millionaire da San Jose James Lick, wanda ya yi arziki a dukiyarsa a lokacin tseren rukuni na California ya kamu da bugun jini a shekarunsa 77. Bayan (an ce) ya yanke ɗansa kawai daga son zuciyarsa don rashin kula da abincin da ake yi masa, Lick ya neman hanyar da za a yi amfani dashi da sauran abubuwan da ya rage. Lick bari abokinsa George Davidson ya tilasta shi ya watsar da shirye-shirye don gina dala a matsayinsa na girmamawa, kuma a maimakon sanya kudade na ci gaba da fafutikar astronomical.
Ya ƙare a shekara ta 1888, shekaru 11 bayan mutuwar Lick, Lelescope 36 na inch na Lick Observatory (wanda aka yi tare da tabarau na tabarau don mayar da hankali ga haske) ita ce mafi girma daga irinta da aka gina.
A lokacin da aka kammala na'ura mai kwalliya na Shane 120 a cikin kusa, zane ya sauya yin amfani da madubai maimakon gilashin gilashi, kuma a yau tunijin 36 na inch shine na biyu mafi girma daga irinta, mafi girma shine fafutikar 40 inch a Yerkes Bay, Wisconsin.
Bada sa'a ɗaya don samun can daga San Jose kuma akalla sa'a ko don haka don dubawa. Kowaushe lokaci ne mai kyau don ziyarta, amma yana da kyau a kan rana mai kyau kuma musamman fun idan ka samu tikiti zuwa daya daga cikin wasan kwaikwayo na rani. Yi amfani da kyamaran yanar gizon don ganin shi a yanzu.
Ina Lick Observatory yake?
Lick Observatory yana tsaye a Dutsen Hamilton, gabashin birnin San Jose, ta hanyar Dutsen Hamilton Road. Hanyar hanya mai kyau, amma an tsara shi ne domin dawakai da karusai kuma yana da kunkuntar da iska. A cikin hunturu, ruwan sama a cikin kwari zai iya zama dusar ƙanƙara a kan Dutsen Hamilton, kuma hanya zai iya rufe har sai ya narke.
Binciki shafukan yanar gizo kafin ku tafi (shigar da lambar Hanya na 130) ko kuma kiran Lick Observatory Gift Shop a 408-274-5061.
Idan Kayi Likita Lick Observatory, Za ka iya so
Mount Wilson, a waje da Birnin Los Angeles yana cikin gida mai kwallin 60 wanda shine mafi girma a duniya a lokacin da aka gama shi a shekara ta 1908. A kusa da San Diego, za ku iya ziyarci Mount Palomar, wanda a cikin 1948 ya kasance a cikin gidan Telescope wanda aka gina a 1948. mafi girma a duniya. A arewacin California, Hat Creek Radio Observatory kusa da Dutsen Lassen wanda Allen Telescope Array ya haɗa hannu ne ta hanyar SETI Cibiyar (Bincike Ƙarin Rarrabawa Mai Runduna) da SRI International.