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The Florence and George
Wise Observatory, was
dedicated in October 1971. The observatory is owned and operated by the Tel-Aviv University,Israel .
Initial funds for the project were provided primarily by the
late Dr. George S. Wise, first President of the Tel-Aviv University,
and the Smithsonian Institute.
It is located on a high plateau in the central part of the
Negev desert, 5 km west of the town of
Mitzpe Ramon,
which is about 200 km south of Tel Aviv and 86 km south of Beersheva.
The observatory headquarters and administrative offices are located in Kaplun building (see interactive Tel-Aviv University map) at the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences. The Wise Observatory belongs to the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics , which is part of the School of Physics and Astronomy . The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute of Astronomy was established in 1994 to incorporate all the astronomical research carried out at TAU, including both the observational and the theoretical. For research activities see Research Areas in the HomePage of the Sackler Institute of Astronomy, Publications, News
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