Recreation - Tessmann Planetarium

Tessmann Planetarium

Type: Buildings
Status: Open
For many years students at Rancho Santiago College (formerly Santa Ana Junior College) used the private observatory of Attorney Clyde Bishop in Lemon Heights for labratory assignments in astronomy. The Bishop Observatory, with its eight-inch refractory telescope, is now mounted on the roof of the Tessmann Planetarium, named for Jennie Lasby Tessmann, an internationally known astronomer and pioneer teacher at the college.

Events scheduled: Nothing current listed
Area: Central County
City: Santa Ana
Operator: Rancho Sant. College
Address: Rancho Santiago College, W. 17th, St. at N. Bristol
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Vicinity map for Tessmann Planetarium

General information about these Buildings.
Call 667-3097 with questions.
Call 667-3097 with facility reservation requests.

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