The Bradley Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Agnes Scott College. It is located in Decatur, Georgia, 5 miles east of Atlanta, Georgia, (USA). The observatory's largest telescope, the Beck Telescope, is a vintage 30 inch (750 mm) Cassegrain reflector built in 1930. The telescope was owned and operated by an amateur astronomer, Mr. Gibson. He offered the telescope for sale, seeking to upgrade his own telescope. Agnes Scott purchased it in 1947 for about $15,000. For many years, the Beck telescope was the larges in the Southeast United States, until the Fernbank Observatory opened in 1972 with its 36 inch telescope.
The observatory was built in order to house the Beck telescope and was dedicated in 1950.[4] It also houses faculty offices and a planetarium. The observatory is a contributing structure within the National Register South Candler Street-Agnes Scott College Historic District.
The Bradley Observatory ..... built in 1950
Decatur, GA,
Growing up in Decatur, I lived very close to this Observatory, and they had these steep brick path ways, and my brother and I would ride our bikes all around this place and we
would be flying down these paths because this Observatory was up on a hill top.
It was great growing up in Decatur, GA. in the 1950's & 60's
To learn more on the history of this, click link below.
http://bradley.agnesscott.edu/facilities.html
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