{"id":121,"date":"2013-11-18T09:43:10","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T14:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfredarchives.wordpress.com\/?p=121"},"modified":"2013-11-18T09:43:10","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T14:43:10","slug":"rogers-observatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/alfredarchives\/2013\/11\/18\/rogers-observatory\/","title":{"rendered":"Rogers Observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/alfredarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/11\/observatory-transit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-122\" alt=\"Observatory transit\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/alfredarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/11\/observatory-transit.jpg?w=300\" width=\"319\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/alfredarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/11\/transit-instrument1896.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-124\" alt=\"Transit Instrument,1896\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/alfredarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/11\/transit-instrument1896.jpg?w=289\" width=\"224\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;At Alfred&#8217;s birth [1836], the universe was a far different place. It was centered on the Solar System and its then-seven planets, and the surrounding galaxies of stars. The first accurate measurement of a stellar distance had not even been made when Prof. William A. Rogers of Alfred Center contracted in 1863 with <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Henry Fitz\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Fitz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">Henry Fitz<\/a>, an instrument maker located in New York City, to buy a telescope of high quality.&#8221;<br \/>\nSo starts an essay on the history of the observatory by John Stull, AU Class of 1952,\u00a0 beloved physics professor, and namesake to today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alfred.edu\/map\/stull.cfm\">Stull Observatory<\/a>. Much credit to both Rogers and Stull for their dedication in each lovingly supporting observatories at Alfred University.<br \/>\nThis month the observatory is celebrating its 150th anniversary, with much improved equipment and understanding of the universe. But still using that original high quality Fitz telescope!<br \/>\nAnother piec<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/alfredarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/11\/rogers-observatory.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-123 alignleft\" alt=\"Rogers Observatory\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/alfredarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/11\/rogers-observatory.jpg?w=300\" width=\"251\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a>e from the original Rogers Observatory (located about where Susan Howell Hall is today) is pictured above: a transit instrument. Now on display in Herrick Library, the instrument was originally used to measure the position of the stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 &#8220;At Alfred&#8217;s birth [1836], the universe was a far different place. It was centered on the Solar System and its then-seven planets, and the surrounding galaxies of stars. The first accurate measurement of a stellar distance had not even &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/alfredarchives\/2013\/11\/18\/rogers-observatory\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,7],"tags":[21,74,113,137,149],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/alfredarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/alfredarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/alfredarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/alfredarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/alfredarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/alfredarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/alfredarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/alfredarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/alfredarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}