Swasey Observatory, Denison University, Granville, Ohio.
This site is a place where visitors may see and learn about the rich astronomical heritage of the state of Ohio. This Great Lakes state is not known for its many days of crystalline skies and yet several outstanding observatories have been built here and equipped with their day’s cutting-edge telescopes. Two of the oldest observatories in the nation still stand here! Astronomy is not all in the state’s past, however, and our love of the celestial realm is easily seen in the many observatories still in operation and in a growing “dark skies” movement. This site is under active construction right now so please check back and see what has been added. You may be surprised! — James Guilford
To see individual descriptions of Ohio’s observatories and a growing collection of photographs, select from among the page links you see fine to the right-hand margin of this page.
