Lick Observatory 7281 Mt Hamilton Rd, Mt Hamilton, CA 95140 ☎ +1 408-274-5061 Last Updated: 06/25/2024 | |
The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of California. It is on the summit of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California. The first new moon of Jupiter to be identified since the time of Galileo, Amalthea, the planet's fifth moon, was discovered at this observatory in 1892. | |
Santa Clara County Place » City Santa Clara County, is California's 6th most populous county, with a population of 1,936,259 as of the 2020. Santa Clara County and neighboring San Benito County form the San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara metropolitan statistical area, which is part of the larger San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland combined statistical area. The county seat and largest city with a population of 971,233 is San Jose. 96 views 💖 1California |