How to Use observatory in a Sentence

observatory

noun
  • For most of its life, the observatory was far and away the largest telescope of its kind in the world.
    — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Lovecraft lived less than a one-mile bike ride from the observatory.
    — Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2022
  • See if there’s an observatory near you with a public viewing on the night of the event!
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 5 Jan. 2024
  • On the walk back to the observatory, our group reached a familiar bend in the path.
    — Michael Jones McKean, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025
  • Above the observatory, a soft green and red glow, known as airglow, helps to tinge the horizon.
    — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The ceiling of the observatory opens with the push of a button.
    — Lia Picard, WSJ, 16 June 2021
  • There is a paved trail leading to the observatory at the summit.
    — Latria Graham, Outside Online, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Makes sense, as the rotunda dome does look a lot like an observatory.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Oddly, reaching the observatory does not mark the end of the race.
    — Michelle Sinclair Colman, Curbed, 7 May 2026
  • When this news came out, astronomers took note, and many rebelled against the choice of the observatory’s name.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 11 June 2024
  • Now the camera waits in its new clean room on the third level of the eight-level observatory.
    — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
  • He was rewarded with a rose and the two finished the night in an observatory.
    — Haley Kluge, Variety, 9 Nov. 2021
  • And if there’s no planet to be found, even with a bigger and better observatory on the case?
    — Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 2 May 2024
  • Sign up for an evening star party to learn about the night sky and look through the observatory’s optical aids.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 23 Mar. 2026
  • This will be the last lunar eclipse of the year, according to the observatory.
    — Brooks Sutherland, The Enquirer, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Lick died at age 80 just a few months later and is entombed at the observatory.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
  • The finished product, the observatory, looks like a huge green space on the inside.
    — Cbs Baltimore Staff, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • To be clear, the changes don't mean Earth is plunging toward the black hole, the observatory said.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Nov. 2020
  • After exiting and locking your car, cross the road to the trail that takes you to the observatory.
    — Vicki Salemi, Chron, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Here are six observatories to visit for viewing comets, or other space sights.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Except, as is the case with each of those landmark observatories, this new one has its own specialty.
    — Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • On one side of the old observatory is a driving range; on the other is Valkenberg.
    — Hedley Twidle, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Stop to picnic on the observatory lawn or find a quiet spot in Fern Dell.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2021
  • Wasn’t the observatory supposed to be on the 93rd floor?
    — Michelle Sinclair Colman, Curbed, 7 May 2026
  • So what else could an observatory like HWO do?
    — Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 5 Aug. 2025
  • One of the two LIGO observatories could be closed if the cuts are made.
    — George Petras, USA Today, 16 July 2025
  • The famous observatory was closed, but the view of downtown LA was not.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 16 Feb. 2022
  • The glow of the most distant galaxies, the kind that the observatory was designed to detect, takes eons to reach us.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 22 July 2022
  • Visit a museum, or scan the stars at an observatory.
    — Susan McDonald, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Such larger-scale observatories are likely still many years in the future, researchers say.
    — K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'observatory.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: