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Why he built his observatory in that exact location. The Griffith observatory was built upon a request in Colonel Griffith J. Griffith's will. The construction for the observatory started in May of 1933. It took 2 years to build the observatory, and the cost was a little over $655,000. Griffith decided to built his observatory atop of Mount Hollywood because it was the highest point in the huge city park (Griffith Park).
With an annual cost of $30.8 million, the Keck Observatory costs $53.7 thousand for a single nightâs worth of operation.It will cost the James Webb Space Telescope approximately $8.8 billion to reach orbit. And the Space Launch System that will carry the Orion capsule is expected to cost $38 billion.riginally developed for astronomy, CCDâs are now used in most cameras, webcams and cell phones. Every iPhone with has a built-in CCD. â The computer language Forth, originally developed for the 36-foot telescope on Kitt Peak is now used by FedEx to track packages.