The United States Naval Observatory (USNO) is a scientific and military facility that produces geopositioning, navigation and timekeeping data for the...
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The United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station (NOFS), is an astronomical observatory near Flagstaff, Arizona, US. It is the national dark-sky observing...
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The Old Naval Observatory is a historic site at 23rd and E Street in Northwest, Washington, D.C. It is where the United States Naval Observatory was located...
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2011. Retrieved 26 January 2013. "Astronomy and Astrophysics (United States Naval Observatory)". Heritage Preservation Services, National Park Service. 2001-11-05...
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HM Nautical Almanac Office, in the United Kingdom The Nautical Almanac Office, at the United States Naval Observatory NAO (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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Lowell Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. Lowell Observatory was established in 1894, placing it among the...
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Sound Naval Shipyard Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Naval Magazine Indian Island Jim Creek Naval Radio Station United States Naval Observatory Naval Support...
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One Observatory Circle is the official residence of the vice president of the United States. Located on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington...
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(NIST) (an agency of the Department of Commerce); and the United States Naval Observatory (USNO). The clocks run by these services are kept synchronized...
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Sears Cook Walker (category United States Coast Survey personnel)
United States Naval Observatory following orders from Superintendent Matthew Fontaine Maury. Sears C. Walker was fired by Maury for publishing United...
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Center, and the United States Naval Observatory. Official Navy websites list the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and the Chief of Naval Operations...
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Navy Precision Optical Interferometer (category United States Naval Observatory)
Kenneth J. Johnston. The NPOI project was initiated by the United States Naval Observatory (USNO) in 1987. Lowell joined the project the following year...
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structure of the United States Navy consists of four main bodies: the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, the...
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1978 at the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., using photographic plates taken at the United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station...
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mile north of Georgetown and just west of the United States Naval Observatory and Number One Observatory Circle (the Vice President's mansion). Every morning...
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This is a list of observatory codes (IAU codes or MPC codes) published by the Minor Planet Center. For a detailed description, see observations of small...
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Navy Chief of Naval Operations Office of the Chief of Naval Operations United States Naval Observatory falls under the Chief of Naval Operations. Vice...
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The chief of naval operations (CNO) is the highest-ranking officer of the United States Navy. The position is a statutory office (10 U.S.C. § 8033) held...
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Almanac Office and the United States Naval Observatory. 2021. "Leap Seconds". Time Service Department, United States Naval Observatory. 1999. Archived from...
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Warfare Center (NCCOSC) Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake (NAWSCL) United States Naval Observatory (USNO) Institute of...
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Wallace John Eckert (section Naval service)
including the index. In 1940, Eckert became director of the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. World War II had been raging in Europe...
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Time ball (section United States)
American and French ambassadors when they visited England. The United States Naval Observatory was established in Washington, D.C., and the first American...
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compared the clocks in motion to stationary clocks at the United States Naval Observatory. When reunited, the three sets of clocks were found to disagree...
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35th street, bounded by Scott Circle to the south and the United States Naval Observatory to the north; the term is often applied to nearby streets and...
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January 23, 1993) was an American astronomer who worked at the United States Naval Observatory (USNO). Harrington was born near Newport News, Virginia. His...
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main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by James Ferguson of the United States Naval Observatory in Washington D.C., on September 14, 1860. It was his third...
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Flagstaff (section United States)
may also refer to: Flagstaff station, in Flagstaff, Arizona United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station, in Flagstaff, Arizona Flagstaff Mountain...
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earlier or later depending on where it is in its orbit. The United States Naval Observatory states "the Equation of Time is the difference apparent solar time...
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ambiguity[clarification needed], whereas the Nautical Almanac Office at the United States Naval Observatory used GMT for the pre-1925 convention and Greenwich Civil Time...
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the United States Naval Observatory, which includes Number One Observatory Circle, the official residence of the Vice President of the United States. Areas...
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