Keywords: HarvardGreatRefractorTelescope.jpeg en This 15-inch telescope known as The Great Refractor was installed at Cambridge in 1847 For 20 years it was the largest telescope in the United States the most significant American astronomical instrument and equal to the finest in the world It formed the nucleus for development of the Harvard College Observatory own Salamandarzu 2011-01-20 42 22 53 54 N 71 7 43 15 W region US Cc-zero Refracting telescopes Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |