Site of First Amateur Astronomical Observatory of Record in California
California State Historic Landmark 715
03/01/96
#715 Astronomical Observatory
On the knoll behind this marker, George Madiera built the first amateur astronomical observatory of record in California and there discovered the great comet of 1861 with a three-inch refractor telescope.
No photo exists for this site.
Shake Ridge Rd, 1 mi W of Rams Horn Grade, outside Volcano.
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