Kennon Observatory

Location of Kennon Observatory

Kennon Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of Mississippi. Built in 1939 and located on the university's campus in Oxford, Mississippi, it was named after William Lee Kennon, a long-serving chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy. It consists of two copper-roofed domes with the main entrance of the observatory facing south, and the building precisely aligned east to west. A small tube in the south wall is oriented such that direct rays of the sun shine through it to the floor only twice a year, at noon on the vernal and autumnal equinoxes.

See also

• Barnard Observatory - Univ. of Mississippi's first observatory.
• List of observatories

References

1. "Kennon Observatory". Department of Physics and Astronomy. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

External links

• Kennon Observatory Clear Sky Clock Forecasts of observing conditions.

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The University of Mississippi

Located in: Oxford, Mississippi

Academics

People	Glenn Boyce (chancellor) University of Mississippi Academics
Divisions	Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College University of Mississippi School of Law University of Mississippi School of Engineering University of Mississippi School of Business Administration Croft Institute for International Studies National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law Center for the Study of Southern Culture

Athletics

Teams	Ole Miss Rebels Football Basketball Men Women Baseball Softball Tennis The Pride of the South (marching band)
Football rivalries	Egg Bowl (Mississippi State) Magnolia Bowl (LSU) Arkansas Vanderbilt Alabama
Facilities	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss Tad Smith Coliseum Swayze Field Ole Miss Soccer Stadium Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center William F. Galtney Indoor Tennis Center Ole Miss Track & Field Complex Ole Miss Softball Complex Gillom Athletics Performance Center University Golf Course

Campus

Main	University, Mississippi Barnard Observatory Confederate Monument The Grove Kennon Observatory Lyceum–The Circle Historic District Museum Rowan Oak Statue of James Meredith
Other	University of Mississippi Field Station University of Mississippi Medical Center University of Mississippi School of Medicine

Student life

• The Daily Mississippian
• WUMS Rebels Radio
• Alumni

Traditions

• Forward Rebels
• Hotty Toddy!

Outreach

• Mississippi Teacher Corps

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