Coordinates: 30°35′50.19″N 34°45′44.13″E / 30.597275°N 34.7622583°E / 30.597275; 34.7622583 The Florence and George Wise Observatory (IAU code 097) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Tel-Aviv University. It is located 5 km west of the city of Mitzpe Ramon in the Negev desert near the edge of the Ramon Crater, and it is the only professional astronomical observatory in Israel.
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