{"id":27,"date":"2024-02-14T20:04:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T20:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2026-03-30T17:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:17:06","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The university archive has an <a href=\"https:\/\/aura.alfred.edu\/items\/78c7c8e5-d71f-4724-a0f6-78c52dc23fb5\">extensive pdf of the history<\/a> of the observatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/scan0001-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/scan0001-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/scan0001-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/scan0001-768x1149.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/scan0001-1027x1536.jpg 1027w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/scan0001-350x524.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/11\/scan0001.jpg 1284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The image above is of John Stull, and the frame of the 32-inch Austin-Fellows telescope when it was still under construction in the science center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The university archive has an extensive pdf of the history of the observatory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":357,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}