Astronomical Observatories By Country
An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geology, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed. Historically, observatories were as simple as containing an astronomical sextant (for measuring the distance between stars) or Stonehenge (which has some alignments on astronomical phenomena).
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... Mobile volcano observatories exist with the USGS VDAP (Volcano Disaster Assistance Program), to be deployed on demand ...
... Canary Islands, Spain 2006/9 Keck 10 ... m 400″ Segmented, 36 USA Mauna Kea Observatories, Hawaii, USA 1993 Keck 10 ... m 400″ Segmented, 36 USA Mauna Kea Observatories, Hawaii, USA ... Germany McDonald Observatory, Texas, USA 1997 Subaru (JNLT) 8.2 m 323″ Single Japan Mauna Kea Observatories, Hawaii, USA 1999 VLT UT1 (Antu) 8.2 m 323″ Single ESO Countries, Chile Paranal Observatory ... m 193″ Segmented (37 + 24) PRC (China) Beijing Astronomical Obs ...
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