Dominion Observatory

In Ottawa, Canada is where we can found the Dominion Observatory, which is patterned to that of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.

The Dominion Observatory is founded by Frederick King, which also acted as the observatory’s chief astronomical scientist.

The observatory’s original function is to provide Canada’s primary longitude and determine and distribute time to Canada’s Parliament and other government offices.

Likewise, another more important task of the observatory scientists was to research on variations of gravity and its relation to the Earth and its mineral resources.

With a 38 centimeter refracting telescope as its primary astronomical telescope, the construction of the Dominion Observatory was finished in the year 1905.

The refracting telescope was acquired on April of 1905. Since then, this astronomical telescope became available to the viewing public every weekend. In 1974, it was transferred to the Canada Science and Technology Museum where it is presently being used.