United StatesFred Lawrence Whipple Observatory is the #77,777 most-subscribed YouTube channel worldwide and #17,159 in United States, with 876 subscribers and 36K total views across 121 videos.
Biography
The Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory is an American astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO); it is their largest field installation outside of their main site in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is located near Amado, Arizona on the summit of Mount Hopkins.
Channel description
Located high in the Santa Rita Mountains above Amado, Arizona, the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory is the largest field site of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and a part of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. Established in 1968 in the hunt for evidence of gamma-rays, Whipple Observatory is now home to 30+ telescopes, including the 6.5m MMT, which is currently the 14th largest optical telescope in the world.
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New Vistas Lecture: The Darkest Night, A Story About a World Without Light Pollution
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New Vistas Lecture: LBTO, the Largest Optical Telescope in the World
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New Vistas Lecture: A Silver Anniversary: 25 Years of Operating the 6.5-m MMT Telescope
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New Vistas Lecture: Twenty Years of Extreme Astrophysics
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New Vistas Lecture: Twenty Years of Extreme Astrophysics
Frequently asked
- How many subscribers does Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory have?
- 876 subscribers — #77,777 worldwide, #17,159 in United States.
- When did Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory start on YouTube?
- The channel was created in Mar 2020.