Kirkwood Observatory

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The Kirkwood Observatory was constructed in 1900 and dedicated on May 15, 1901. The dedication address was given by the eminent astronomer William J. Hussey, a member of the staff of the Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, California. The title of his talk was: Astronomy in Modern Life. President Joseph Swain spoke about his teacher and mentor, Daniel Kirkwood.

3D Model was generated from two point clouds. The first point cloud was from a NavVis VLX LIDAR system. The second point cloud was from a Skydio 3D Scan drone flight. Point clouds were merged and meshed in Geomagic Design X. Final texture was generated in Agisoft Metashape.