Lick Observatory

Lick Observatory

The James Lick telescope, housed in the South (large) Dome of main building
Alternative names	lick
Named after	James Lick
Organization	University of California
Observatory code	662
Location	near San Jose, California
Coordinates	37°20′28″N 121°38′35″W
Altitude	1,283 m (4,209 ft)
Website	ucolick.org/main/
Telescopes	Lick Observatory Main Building Anna L. Nickel telescope Automated Planet Finder C. Donald Shane Telescope Carnegie telescope Coudé Auxiliary Telescope Crossley telescope James Lick telescope Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope Tauchmann telescope
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The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of California. It is on the summit of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, United States. The observatory is managed by the University of California Observatories, with headquarters on the University of California, Santa Cruz, campus, where its scientific staff moved in the mid-1960s. It is named after James Lick, who donated the funds for its construction.

The first new moon of Jupiter to be identified since the time of Galileo, Amalthea, the planet's fifth moon, was discovered at this observatory in 1892.