victorias dominion astrophysical observatory: 101 Reasons Why I Like Living in Victoria BC - #11. The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory - 01/16/11 02:03 PM
At one time in history Victoria was home to the world's largest telescope. In 1918 the 1.8 meter Plaskett Telescope was housed in the newly erected Dominion Astrophysical Observatory atop Little Saanich Mountain, just a few miles from downtown Victoria. The honour was short lived. A larger one was soon erected atop the summit of Mauna Kea on the big island of Hawaii.

Today Victoria’s observatory houses two telescopes, the original Plaskett Telescope and the 1.2 meter telescope and McKellar Spectrograph. The latter was assembled in 1961.
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