Newbrook Observatory

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The '''Newbrook Observatory''' (a designated historic building) was built in Newbrook, Alberta, Canada, by the Stellar Physics Division of the Dominion Observatory and operated as a space observatory from 1952 until 1957.<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=8809&pid=0 |title =NEWBROOK OBSERVATORY |publisher = Canada's Historic Places - a Federal Provincial and Territorial Collaboration |accessdate = 27 June 2012}}</ref> The observatory was equipped with a Super-Schmidt Meteor Camera, one of only six built by the Perkin-Elmer Company used to observe meteors. One of the observatory resident scientists, Art Griffin, was the first in North America to photograph the Sputnik 1 satellite (less than a week after its launch).

In 1970, the government consolidated astronomical research and the observatories at Meanook (similar nearby facility, c.23 miles NW) and Newbrook was closed.

== See also == * List of astronomical observatories

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==External links== * [https://globalnews.ca/news/7334868/cold-war-space-camera-newbrook-observatory/ News story about getting the camera back in working order]

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Category:Infrastructure completed in 1951 Category:Astronomical observatories in Canada Category:Provincial Historic Resources of Alberta