Royal Observatory may refer to:
- The Royal Observatory, Greenwich (formerly the Royal Greenwich Observatory)
- The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
- Before 1997, Hong Kong Observatory
- The Royal Observatory of Belgium, Uccle
- Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Famous quotes containing the words royal and/or observatory:
“When other helpers fail and comforts flee, when the senses decay and the mind moves in a narrower and narrower circle, when the grasshopper is a burden and the postman brings no letters, and even the Royal Family is no longer quite what it was, an obituary column stands fast.”
—Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893–1978)
“Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)