Cibiyar Kopernik Observatory & Science Center (KOSC), ita ce cibiyar lura da jama'a a Vestal, New York ta buɗe wa jama'a a ranar 16 ga Yuni 1974 ta Kopernik Society of Broome County don tunawa da bikin cika shekaru 500 na haihuwar masanin taurari Nicolaus Copernicus (Yaren mutanen Poland: Mikołaj Kopernik) a cikin 1973. Manufarta ita ce bayar da bincike-bincike da shirye-shirye na wayar da kan jama'a don ilmantar da duk shekaru game da ilmin taurari da kimiyya ta amfani da na'urorin gani na gani, kwamfuta da sauran kayan aiki. Ita ce cibiyar dakin gwaje-gwajen kimiyya ta farko a Jihar New York da aka tsara don malaman K-12, ɗalibai da danginsu, kuma ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun wuri kuma mafi kyawun wuraren lura da jama'a a Arewa maso Gabashin Amurka kusan shekaru 40 na ƙarshe.[1]