The Thompson Observatory is an astronomical observatory at Beloit College

Beloit College

Beloit College is a liberal arts college in Beloit, Wisconsin, USA. It is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, and has an enrollment of roughly 1,300 undergraduate students. Beloit is the oldest continuously operated college in Wisconsin, and has the oldest building of any college...

 in Beloit, Wisconsin

Beloit, Wisconsin

Beloit is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2010 census, Beloit had a population of 36,966. The greater Beloit area is home to more than 91,000 residents.-Claim to fame:...

. The observatory was built in 1968 to replace the Smith Observatory

Smith Observatory

for Smith Observatory at Geneva, New York, see Smith Observatory and Dr. William R. Brooks HouseSmith Observatory is an observatory at Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin. Completed in 1882, the observatory was a memorial to John F. Smith, and served the campus from 1882 until the 1950s. In 1967 it...

, which had been built in the 1880s. The new observatory was named in honor of Alfred S. Thompson of the Beloit College Class of 1892. The instruments are: 22-inch reflecting telescope.

The telescope was removed when Chamberlin Hall was demolished to make way for the new Center for the Sciences in 2008-2009.