| LC control no. | n 82072949 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |
| Variant(s) | SAO (Observatory) S.A.O. (Observatory) Smithsonian Institution. Astrophysical Observatory (Cambridge, Mass.) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |
| See also | Predecessor: Smithsonian Institution. Astrophysical Observatory Hierarchical superior: Smithsonian Institution Hierarchical superior: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
| Beginning date | 1955 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Cambridge (Mass.) |
| Found in | SAO special report, 389 (1980), surrogate: t.p. (In title: SAO) cover, etc. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory; in text: Astrophysical Observatory of the Smithsonian Institution; Cambridge, Mass.) US. gov. manual, 1981-1982: p. 687 (under Smithsonian Institution: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) located in Cambridge, Mass.) DeVorkin, David H. Fred Whipple's empire : Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1955-1973, 2018: ECIP data view, summary (In 1955, the Smithsonian Institution closed its Astrophysical Observatory in Washington, D.C.) SAO website, Mar. 6, 2018: About, SAO History (In 1955, SAO moved from Washington, D.C., to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to affiliate with the Harvard College Observatory) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics website, Mar. 6, 2018: About, CfA History (On July 1, 1973, the Smithsonian Institution and Harvard University formalized their collaboration as the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) to coordinate the related research activities of the Harvard College Observatory (HCO) and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) under a single director) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | n 83827749 |
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