John G. Wolbach Library

Welcome to the John G. Wolbach Library

Wolbach houses one of the world's premier collections of books, journals, conference proceedings, databases, globes, slides, charts, folios, and dissertations in the fields of astronomy and astrophysics. Wolbach is also a shared space for all members of the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University, Smithsonian Institution, and international astronomical community. Learn more about Wolbach Library.

OOPs!: Trials and travails in the Observatory’s Optics Projects

Library Exhibit (Open now-Spring): Learn about optics production in Cambridge!
Visual Astronomy Display: January 2019

Tour the spacecraft in our Solar System! Building the James Webb Space Telescope! TRAPPIST-1 and more!!
UAT v3.0.0 brings improvements to many concepts, and new branches in astrostatistics and laboratorty astrophysics!
Preserving Harvard's Early Data and Research in Astronomy

Digitizing and transcribing research notebooks by the Observatory's women computers from the 1800s.
Guide to Data Archiving and Sharing

Use this guide to learn why and how to put your data on the web.
Amateur Astronomy Resources

Check out our new curated list for kids and adults to explore the stars.

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OOPs!: Trials and travails in the Observatory’s Optics Projects

Visual Astronomy Display: January 2019

Preserving Harvard's Early Data and Research in Astronomy

Guide to Data Archiving and Sharing

Amateur Astronomy Resources

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