Whitin Observatory
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Whitin Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Wellesley College. Built in 1901, it is located in Wellesley, Massachusetts and named after Wellesley College trustee Mrs. John C. Whitin (Sara E. Whitin), who donated the funds for the observatory. Astronomer Sarah Frances Whiting was the first director of the new Wellesley College Astronomy Department.
The facilities include a 24-inch Boller & Chivens Reflector with a CCD and retrofitted with a DFM control system, a 12" Fitz/Clark Refractor, a 6" Alvan Clark Refractor, a Hale Spectrohelioscope, an MIT Haystack Small Radio Telescope, and six Meade 8" SCTs.
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