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Krupp, E. C. "Hollywood Star: the Griffith Observatory in the Movies." Culture and Cosmos 27, no. 0102 (October 2023): 275–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.46472/cc.01227.0233.

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Griffith Observatory’s role in the movies is discussed. It has been in so many movies, it should have a star on Hollywood Boulevard. The Observatory's first film credit, The Phantom Empire, was shot even before the observatory opened to the public in May, 1935. As a film star, Griffith Observatory fulfilled a variety of predictable and often peripheral functions, but in two movies, Rebel without a Cause and La La Land, the observatory was key to the theme. Griffith Observatory's relationship with Hollywood is, however, deeper than all of these on-screen close-ups. At times, Griffith Observatory influenced Hollywood, and Hollywood technology, production standards, and storytelling priorities have all, over more than eight decades, been absorbed by Griffith Observatory.

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Johnston, Scott Alan. "Managing the observatory: discipline, order and disorder at Greenwich, 1835–1933." British Journal for the History of Science 54, no. 2 (March 19, 2021): 155–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007087421000030.

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AbstractThis article presents a case study of life and work at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich (1835–1933) which reveals tensions between the lived reality of the observatory as a social space, and the attempts to create order, maintain discipline and project an image of authority in order to ensure the observatory's long-term stability. Domestic, social and scientific activities all intermingled within the observatory walls in ways which were occasionally disorderly. But life at Greenwich was carefully managed to stave off such disorder and to maintain an appearance of respectability which was essential to the observatory's reputation and output. The article focuses on three areas of management: (1) the observatory's outer boundaries, demonstrating how Greenwich navigated both human and environmental intrusions from the wider world; (2) the house, examining how Greenwich's domestic spaces provided stability, while also complicating observatory life via the management of domestic servants; and (3) the scientific spaces, with an emphasis on the work and play of the observatory's boy computers. Together, these three parts demonstrate that the stability of the observatory was insecure, despite being perpetuated via powerful physical and social boundaries. It had to be continually maintained, and was regularly challenged by Greenwich's occupants and neighbours.

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Temi, Pasquale, Douglas Hoffman, Kimberly Ennico, and Jeanette Le. "SOFIA at Full Operation Capability: Technical Performance." Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation 07, no. 04 (December 2018): 1840011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s2251171718400111.

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The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), the largest airborne observatory in the world, is in full operation capability since February 2014 and is currently completing its Observing Cycle 6 Program. The first four years of operation have provided the opportunity to assess the high-level observatory’s technical performance and to identify additional observatory upgrades. Since the start of routine operations, performance and productivity in several areas of the observatory, including science, operations and engineering, have been tracked by metrics and statistics. In this paper we present the general observatory technical performance as the observatory has reached its maturity and has served the science community with over 2900[Formula: see text]h of scientific observations.

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MACDONALD, LEE T. "Making Kew Observatory: the Royal Society, the British Association and the politics of early Victorian science." British Journal for the History of Science 48, no. 3 (March 27, 2015): 409–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007087415000023.

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AbstractBuilt in 1769 as a private observatory for King George III, Kew Observatory was taken over in 1842 by the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS). It was then quickly transformed into what some claimed to be a ‘physical observatory’ of the sort proposed by John Herschel – an observatory that gathered data in a wide range of physical sciences, including geomagnetism and meteorology, rather than just astronomy. Yet this article argues that the institution which emerged in the 1840s was different in many ways from that envisaged by Herschel. It uses a chronological framework to show how, at every stage, the geophysicist and Royal Artillery officer Edward Sabine manipulated the project towards his own agenda: an independent observatory through which he could control the geomagnetic and meteorological research, including the ongoing ‘Magnetic Crusade’. The political machinations surrounding Kew Observatory, within the Royal Society and the BAAS, may help to illuminate the complex politics of science in early Victorian Britain, particularly the role of ‘scientific servicemen’ such as Sabine. Both the diversity of activities at Kew and the complexity of the observatory's origins make its study important in the context of the growing field of the ‘observatory sciences’.

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Morschhauser, Achim, Gabriel Brando Soares, Jürgen Haseloff, Oliver Bronkalla, José Protásio, Katia Pinheiro, and Jürgen Matzka. "The magnetic observatory on Tatuoca, Belém, Brazil: history and recent developments." Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems 6, no. 2 (October 10, 2017): 367–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-367-2017.

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Abstract. The Tatuoca magnetic observatory (IAGA code: TTB) is located on a small island in the Amazonian delta in the state of Pará, Brazil. Its location close to the geomagnetic equator and within the South Atlantic Anomaly offers a high scientific return of the observatory's data. A joint effort by the National Observatory of Brazil (ON) and the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) was undertaken, starting from 2015 in order to modernise the observatory with the goal of joining the INTERMAGNET network and to provide real-time data access. In this paper, we will describe the history of the observatory, recent improvements, and plans for the near future. In addition, we will give some comments on absolute observations of the geomagnetic field near the geomagnetic equator.

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Smyrnov, I., and N. Levinskova. ""WHITE ELEPHANT" IN UKRAINIAN CARPATHIANS MOUNTAINS: ON RESTORATION OF A FORMER MILITARY ASTRONOMICAL-METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY." Visnyk Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Military-Special Sciences, no. 2 (39) (2018): 55–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/1728-2217.2018.39.55-58.

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The article deals with the fate of the astronomical-meteorological observatory, which was built in the Eastern Carpathеs on the Hill of Pip-Ivan (height 2028 m) in 1938, when the Carpathian region was part of Poland. Another name of the observatory is "White Elephant", because in the winter under the snow the observatory's house resembles the shape of the elephant. Mount Pip Ivan has a pyramidal shape with the presence of ancient forms of glacial relief, composed of sandstone. The observatory was equipped with the most up-to-date scientific equipment, in particular, a telescope, astrograph and refractor of British production. The Observatory was destroyed during the Second World War. Currently, with joint efforts of Ukraine and Poland, in particular with the participation of the University of Warsaw and the Precarpathian University named after V. Stefanyk of Ivano-Frankivsk the restoration of the observatory is under way, as well as the construction of an International Center for Ukrainian and Polish Students Youth Meetings focusing on research in geography, meteorology, geology, seismology, astronomy and biology. Keywords: astronomical-meteorological observatory, Mount Pіp Ivan, restoration, Obserwatorium fund, research in the fields of geography, meteorology, geology, seismology, astronomy and biology.

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Gressot, Julien, and Romain Jeanneret. "Determining the right time, or the establishment of a culture of astronomical precision at Neuchâtel Observatory in the mid-19th century." Journal for the History of Astronomy 53, no. 1 (February 2022): 27–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00218286211068572.

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In the mid-19th century, the need for an accurate time becomes ever more important for many economic and industrial sectors, as well as for maritime and railway transport. States took a keen interest in these developments, which resulted in the founding of an increasing number of state observatories. While this well-known phenomenon has attracted the attention of numerous historical researches, the actual setting up of an observatory has more rarely been studied. Based on the well-documented case of the Observatoire cantonal de Neuchâtel, we will look at the setting up of the establishment through its scientific instruments and work procedure. Founded in 1858, the Observatory was primarily intended to fulfill the needs of the watchmaking industry while contributing to the progressive standardization of Swiss time. Adolphe Hirsch, the Observatory’s first director, spent 3 years setting up, installing, and calibrating an operating chain dedicated to the time service. The astronomer’s correspondence shows his expectations and the manufacturers’ technical capabilities. We can thus reconstruct the steps in the design of the scientific instruments—which operated as a network. The outcome being a high-performance operating chain for the time determination. During the commissioning process, Adolphe Hirsch chose an emerging technology—the printing chronograph. In fact, the Observatory was entirely configured around this new method, placing this institution among the first in the field. This new observation technique modifies the episteme of time determination and the role of the human factor within the process.

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Berger, Franz H., and Michael Hantel. "Meteorological Observatory Lindenberg 19052005." Meteorologische Zeitschrift 14, no. 5 (October 10, 2005): 596. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2005/0072.

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Winkelman, Sherry, Arnold Rots, and Raffaele D’Abrusco. "Evaluating High Impact Papers: Are We Missing Something?" EPJ Web of Conferences 186 (2018): 06003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201818606003.

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The bibliographic science papers with high citations rates are often used as an indication of the science impact of an observatory. These high impact papers are presented as examples of the best science being done with an observatory’s data. But, is the number of citations by itself a good indicator of the scientific impact of the paper, and is impact a good indicator of the scientific impact of the observatory? In this paper we will present results from a recent study of Chandra high impact papers and suggest some alternative methods for identifying such papers. This work has been supported by NASA under contract NAS 8-03060 to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory for operation of the Chandra X-ray Center.

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Macdonald, Lee T. "Proposals to Move the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 1836–1944." Journal for the History of Astronomy 51, no. 3 (August 2020): 272–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021828620936625.

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In 1939, the British Admiralty agreed to move the Royal Observatory from Greenwich to a better site away from London. The removal was postponed due to the Second World War, and the observatory’s re-establishment at Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex in the 1940s and 1950s was further delayed by post-war economic difficulties. This paper examines several proposals to remove the observatory that were put forward over a period spanning slightly more than a century before 1939 and asks why none of these were taken up. I argue that the lateness of the move was due partly to astronomers’ fears that the observatory would lose its prestige if moved away from the famous Greenwich meridian and also to certain cultural aspects of professional astronomy in early twentieth-century Britain.

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Mickaelian, A. M., S. K. Balayan, and S. A. Hakopian. "The Byurakan-IRAS Galaxy (BIG) Sample: The Redshift Survey." International Astronomical Union Colloquium 184 (2002): 217–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0252921100030724.

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AbstractThe Byurakan-IRAS Galaxy (BIG) sample (1967 galaxies) is based on optical identifications of IRAS PSC sources at δ>+61° and |b| >15° (FBS area). A redshift survey for brighter objects (B<18m) is being carried out with the Byurakan Observatory 2.6m, Special Observatory 6m, and Observatoire de Haute-Provence 1.93m telescopes. 213 objects have been observed, and redshifts in the range 0.008-0.173 have been measured. For this subsample, 15% of the objects are AGNs, and 15% are LIGs and ULIGs.

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Dias, João Paulo, Conceição Gomes, and Marina Henriques. "Conducting socio-legal research in Portugal: From the experience of the Permanent Observatory for Justice to the study of working conditions in courts." Oñati Socio-Legal Series 13, S1 (December 20, 2023): S10—S29. http://dx.doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl.1735.

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Empirical research on judicial systems requires diversified methodologies adapted to the contexts of courts and judicial actors. The experience gathered through the Permanent Observatory for Justice tells us that the support of judicial and political institutions and professionals’ associations are essential to reach a ‘hard-to-reach population’ and obtain robust results. The Observatory, with its interdisciplinary approach, had a significant public impact and contributed to public policies on justice. It was also fundamental to design and implement judicial training actions, through the Observatory’s Legal and Judicial Training Unit. The aim is to discuss the developed strategies to ensure the involvement of the institutional and judicial actors, build trust, and achieve valid results. The use of the project QUALIS, which assessed working conditions in Portuguese courts, allows us to focus on a concrete example of use of strategies and methodologies, with impacts on the improvement of the judicial system. La investigación empírica sobre justicia requiere metodologías diversificadas y adaptadas a los contextos de los tribunales y de los actores judiciales. La experiencia del Observatorio Permanente de la Justicia nos dice que el apoyo de las instituciones judiciales y políticas y de las asociaciones de profesionales es esencial para llegar a una “población difícil” y obtener resultados sólidos. El Observatorio, con su enfoque interdisciplinar, tuvo un impacto público significativo y contribuyó a las políticas públicas de justicia. También fue fundamental el desarrollo de acciones de formación, a través de la Unidad de Formación Jurídica y Judicial del Observatorio. El objetivo es discutir las estrategias desarrolladas para asegurar la participación de los actores institucionales y judiciales, generar confianza y alcanzar resultados válidos. El uso del proyecto QUALIS, que evaluó las condiciones de trabajo en los tribunales portugueses, nos permite centrarnos en un ejemplo de uso de estrategias y metodologías, con impactos en la mejora del sistema judicial.

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Feklova, Tatyana Yu. "The first russian magneto-meteorological observatory in China: historical and scientific survey." Вестник Российской академии наук 89, no. 11 (November 13, 2019): 1169–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.31857/s0869-587389111169-1175.

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This paper is devoted to the history of the appearance and evolution of Russian magnetic and meteorological stations and observatories in the territories of China in the nineteenth century. The paper is based on an analysis of numerous resources obtained from Russian and Chinese archives. Considerable attention has been paid to the history of the Russian Magneto-Meteorological Observatory in Beijing, which was part of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The observatory was built on the territory of the Russian Orthodox mission. The Observatory and its directors and employees made a great contribution to the investigation of climatic features of the Asian region. For the first time, the paper provides unique information about the organization and equipment of meteorological stations that were established in China and Mongolia under the Beijing observatorys auspices. The stations conducted magnetic, barometric, meteorological, and astronomical observations. Such types of investigations served as the basis for the development of climatology in the Far East and Siberia.

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Lima, Diana Vaz de, Marcelo Driemeyer Wilbert, Jailson Gomes de Araújo Júnior, Eduardo Augusto Reichert, and Allan Ribeiro de Castro. "Covid-Prev Observatory." Revista Catarinense da Ciência Contábil 20 (November 5, 2021): e3199. http://dx.doi.org/10.16930/2237-7662202131992.

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The Covid-19 pandemic and its countermeasures have brought pressures on social and welfare assistance. Along with this, come the challenges of information being dispersed and complex, susceptible to distortions, and a society with distinct capacities for assimilation and analysis. This paper aims to present the experience of the Covid-Prev Observatory as a tool for transparency and accountability in the public management of social security in times of pandemic. This experience with the social observatory has encompassed the choice of themes and variables to be disseminated and analyzed, the visual planning and dissemination strategy, and the discussion of the observatory's role and potential. Thus, a multidisciplinary team has developed a project aiming to analyze the impact of Covid-19 on the Brazilian Social Security System, from different perspectives, both with the reproduction of data and information, and for the elaboration of analyses: impacts of the pandemic on the labor market and its effects on the evolution of social security revenues and expenses, effects of the pandemic on vulnerable groups, sustainability of pension funds, impacts on the financial market, among others. This information was first disclosed on the Blogger platform, and then on an electronic website whose disclosure was made both on the social networks of the research participants themselves and on the social networks of entities interested in the topic, such as the Brazilian Association of State and Municipal Pension Institutions (ABIPEM). In its short period of existence, the observatory has obtained more than 10 thousand accesses, either from Brazil and other countries. The observatory has presented data and analyses in a simple way, based on scattered information with different levels of complexity. In these analyses, the aim has been to establish relationships between facts correlated to social security and welfare. Thus, it is understood that the observatory has collaborated as a transparency and accountability tool with respect to the theme of social security in Brazil, serving as a discussion of the challenges and potentialities of social observatories.

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Innis, J. L., K. Thompson, and D. W. Coates. "The Monash University Observatory: equipment and research." Symposium - International Astronomical Union 118 (1986): 293–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900151563.

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The Monash Observatory, located at Mount Burnett, Victoria, seventy kilometres east of the city of Melbourne, at a latitude of 38° S has a 0.45-m Cassegrainian and a 0.25-m Newtonian telescope. Both are equipped for photoelectric photometry, with microcomputer-based data logging systems. The 0.45-m has recently replaced the observatory's original 0.4-m Newtonian. Our site is near the coast, and has less than 20% photometric weather. Access to the telescopes and facilities of Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories (MSSSO) increases our observing time and the scope of our research. For a description of the Monash Observatory at mid-1984 see Coates et al, (1984).

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Benkaldoun, Zouhair, Jonathan J. Makela, and John W. Meriwether. "Solar initiative at Oukaimeden Observatory." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 8, S294 (August 2012): 479–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921313002950.

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AbstractThe solar research program at Oukaimeden Observatory started in 1988 with the helioseimological IRIS network. The Moroccan researchers involved in this research have analyzed solar observations in order to detect and characterize the solar sphere modes of oscillations. In the coming year, the researchers at the Oukaimeden Observatory will add new research capabilities by joining the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI), installing a suite of optical instruments, comprising a Remote Equatorial Nighttime Observatory of Ionospheric Regions (RENOIR). The scope and objectives to be achieved in this proposed project are to: •deploy a Fabry-Perot interferometer and wide-angle imaging system to the Observatoire Astronomique Universitaire de LOukaimeden;•train students and researchers from Cadi Ayyad University on the operation of the equipment and related analysis techniques;•collect and analyze data from the equipment to study properties of upper-atmospheric winds and temperatures and how they relate to the occurrence of space weather; and•develop an international collaboration network with other researchers using similar instrumentation in Brazil and Peru. We will present here the plan we intend to develop for the Moroccan solar program in connection with ISWI.

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Eglitis, I., and M. Eglite. "Space Research in Baldone Observatory." Nauka ta innovacii 13, no. 1 (January 30, 2017): 55–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/scin13.01.055.

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Eglitis, I., and M. Eglite. "Space Research in Baldone Observatory." Science and innovation 13, no. 1 (April 12, 2017): 51–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/scine13.01.051.

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Hyland, A. R., and D. J. Faulkner. "From the Sun to the Universe—The Woolley and Bok Directorships at Mount Stromlo." Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 8, no. 2 (1989): 216–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1323358000023353.

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AbstractThe twenty years following the Second World War saw great changes in the research interests of the Observatory at Mount Stromlo, with the early emphasis on solar and geophysical phenomena giving way to stellar and galactic astrophysics. This paper traces the development of the astrophysical research work during the directorships of Woolley, who initiated the change of direction, and of Bok, who continued it. Apart from the shift in the Observatory’s research interests, these years were distinguished by (i) an outstanding period of telescope acquisition, which saw the commissioning of the 74 inch reflector, the 50 inch (formerly the Great Melbourne Telescope), the Yale/Columbia refractor (relocated from South Africa), and the Uppsala Schmidt; (ii) an Australia-wide site-testing programme and the consequent establishment of Siding Spring Observatory with the 40 inch, 24 inch and 16 inch reflectors (the site has subsequently, of course, also become the home of the Anglo-Australian Telescope, the U.K. Schmidt, and the ANU 2.3 m Advanced Technology Telescope); (iii) the incorporation of several major technological developments into the instrument complement of the Observatory, including photo-electric photometry, coudé spectroscopy, spectrum scanners, polarization instruments, and digital computers; (iv) the establishment of the link with the Australian National University and the consequent transformation of the Commonwealth Observatory into the Mount Stromlo Observatory; and (v) the setting up of a large and vigorous graduate school, comprising, at Bok’s departure, about fifteen PhD students on course.

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Weichert, D. H. "Observatory Seismology." Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 80, no. 6A (December 1, 1990): 1765. http://dx.doi.org/10.1785/bssa08006a1765.

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Pilbratt, G. L., J. R. Riedinger, T. Passvogel, G. Crone, D. Doyle, U. Gageur, A. M. Heras, et al. "HerschelSpace Observatory." Astronomy and Astrophysics 518 (July 2010): L1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201014759.

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Irion, Robert. "Origami Observatory." Scientific American 303, no. 4 (October 2010): 48–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican1010-48.

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Gantz, Joan. "Observatory Publications." International Astronomical Union Colloquium 110 (1989): 134–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0252921100003195.

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My library dates back to 1904, shortly after Dr. George Ellery Hale came west from Yerkes Observatory to the sleepy little town of Pasadena, California to start the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory. The classification system used in this new library was published for the International Council by the Royal Society of London. Over time the librarians managed to acquire many complete runs of observatory publications from all over the world, and they were arranged alphabetically according to the place where they were published. University publications have been included in this collection as well.

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Cowen, Ron. "Rejuvenating Observatory." Science News 170, no. 19 (November 4, 2006): 294. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4017590.

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Dawson, I. K. "Eskdalemuir Observatory." Weather 60, no. 3 (March 2005): 66–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1256/wea.218.03.

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Galvin, J. F. P. "Kew observatory." Weather 58, no. 12 (December 2003): 478–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wea.6080581208.

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Fraser, Barbara. "Amazon observatory." Science 382, no. 6670 (November 3, 2023): 508–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adl6581.

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Nadyrova, Khanifa. "Astronomical Observatory as an identifier of the architectural ensemble of Kazan Imperial University." E3S Web of Conferences 274 (2021): 01035. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202127401035.

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In the article, the author examines the building of the Astronomical Observatory (1833-1837), which was a part of the architectural ensemble of Kazan Imperial University in the first third of the 19th-early 20th centuries (now – Kazan Federal University). The primary purpose of the study is to identify the specific features of the university ensemble. The task is to set the value of the Astronomical Observatory as the basic identifier of the ensemble. The research methodology is based on the theory of identity in architecture and urban planning and the application of a systematic analysis of the ensemble and its components. The author determined the importance of the Astronomical Observatory's building in the university ensemble in the context of the theory of identity. The features of the space-planning solution of the observatory building, its placement in the city landscape, and its great importance in the formation and development of astronomical science in Kazan allow us to conclude that the Astronomical Observatory was one of the identifiers of Kazan Imperial University ensemble. The significance of the research results lies in the development of the theory of identity when one of the objects of the ensemble becomes its identification code.

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HIGGITT, REBEKAH. "‘Greenwich near London’: the Royal Observatory and its London networks in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries." British Journal for the History of Science 52, no. 2 (May 14, 2019): 297–322. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007087419000244.

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AbstractBuilt in Greenwich in 1675–1676, the Royal Observatory was situated outside the capital but was deeply enmeshed within its knowledge networks and communities of practice. Scholars have tended to focus on the links cultivated by the Astronomers Royal within scholarly communities in England and Europe but the observatory was also deeply reliant on and engaged with London's institutions and practical mathematical community. It was a royal foundation, situated within one government board, taking a leading role on another, and overseen by Visitors selected by the Royal Society of London. These links helped develop institutional continuity, while instrument-makers, assistants and other collaborators, who were often active in the city as mathematical authors and teachers, formed an extended community with interest in the observatory's continued existence. After outlining the often highly contingent institutional and personal connections that shaped and supported the observatory, this article considers the role of two early assistants, James Hodgson and Thomas Weston. By championing John Flamsteed's legacy and sharing observatory knowledge and practice beyond its walls, they ensured awareness of and potential users for its outputs. They and their successors helped to develop a particular, and ultimately influential, approach to astronomical and mathematical practice and teaching.

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Meza, Erick, Antonio Pereyra, Bruno Sicardy, Germán Comina, and José Ishitsuka. "MEDIDAS DE CALIDAD DE CIELO (SEEING) USANDO LA TÉCNICA DIMM EN EL OBSERVATORIO DE HUANCAYO." Revista Cientifica TECNIA 23, no. 2 (March 13, 2017): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.21754/tecnia.v23i2.70.

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Mostramos la implementación de un instrumento de medición de la calidad de cielo (seeing) basado en la técnica del Monitoreo del Movimiento Diferencial de Imagen (DIMM). Este instrumento permite la medición precisa y sistemática del seeing, así como su evolución temporal. Fue monitoreado el seeing en el Observatorio de Huancayo durante siete noches consecutivas de Agosto de 2012. El seeing promedio fue de 1.34” ± 0 .33”.En 14% del tiempo observado el seeing estuvo por debajo de 1”, y en 71% del tiempo, por debajo de 1.5”. El dominio de la técnica y su aplicabilidad nos permitirá usar el instrumento en varios lugares donde campañas de medición de seeing sean programadas dentro del Perú. La selección de una facilidad astronómica óptica profesional (observatorio astronómico), será favorecida con medidas DIMM futuras. Palabras clave.-Medición de la calidad de cielo, Diferencial de imagen (DIMM), Observatorio de Huancayo. ABSTRACTWe show the implementation of an instrument to measure the sky quality for astronomical purposes (seeing) using the Differential Image Motion Monitor technique. This instrument let us an acute and systematic measurement of seeing along with its temporal evolution. We monitored seeing at Huancayo Observatory during seven consecutive nights in 2012 August. Mean seeing was 1.34” ± 0.33”. In 14% of the observed time, seeing was below than 1”, and in 71% below than 1.5”. The successful implementation of this technique and its applicability let us using this instrument in several places where a program of site testing will be scheduled in Peru. The selection of a professional astronomical facility (as an astronomical observatory) will be benefited with DIMM measurements. Keywords.-Measuring qualityofsky, Differential Image (DIMM), Huancayo observatory.

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Feklova, T. Yu. "Beijing — Port-Arthur — Vladivostok: Organization of the Academy of Sciences’ Magnetic and Meteorological Observatories in the Far East in the 19th–Early 20th Сenturies." Fundamental and Applied Hydrophysics 15, no. 2 (June 25, 2022): 150–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.59887/fpg/e9d4-ferg-mfxp.

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The professional tool’s investigations of climate in the world began relatively recently. Since the second half of the XIX century Russia was one of the meteorological investigation’s leaders. Study of the history of meteorology in the Russian Far East and in China, systematization, and analysis of research results would be a great contribution to a better understanding of the importance of Russian research in the development of meteorology. The article discusses about the background of the creation of the observatory in Vladivostok. The author analyzed the chain of political and scientific decisions about the transfer of the magnetic and meteorological observatory of the Academy of Sciences from Beijing, through the plans of the creation an observatory in Port Arthur to the construction of an observatory in Vladivostok. In addition, the observatory’s budget and plans for its equipment are considered. Such materials are usually not the subject of close attention of researchers. In the historiography lacks an investigation about the role of the Russian Academy of Sciences to the development of a network of magnetic meteorological stations and observatories in the Russian Far East and in adjacent territories (Korea, China). The author introduced into scientific circulation new archival data from the Russian State Archive of the Navy and the St. Petersburg branch of the Archive of the Academy of Sciences.

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Schofield, O., T. Bergmann, P. Bissett, J. F. Grassle, D. B. Haidvogel, J. Kohut, M. Moline, and S. M. Glenn. "The Long-term Ecosystem Observatory: an integrated coastal observatory." IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 27, no. 2 (April 2002): 146–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/joe.2002.1002469.

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Higgitt, Rebekah. "Book Review: Tartu Observatory: Tartu Tähetorn, Tartu Old Observatory." Journal for the History of Astronomy 43, no. 1 (February 2012): 133–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002182861204300117.

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Lomb, Nick. "The Instruments from Parramatta Observatory." Historical Records of Australian Science 15, no. 2 (2004): 211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/hr04004.

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Sydney Observatory, Australia's oldest existing observatory, was built in 1858 on what is now called Observatory Hill. With such a long continuous history the Observatory has a good collection of astronomical instruments relating to its own history. Moreover, the collection extends further back to Parramatta Observatory, set up in 1821 by Governor Sir Thomas Brisbane. After the closure of that observatory in 1847 its instruments were retained in the colony and given to the fledgling Sydney Observatory on its establishment.Instruments from Paramatta on display at Sydney Observatory include a brass repeating circle by the eminent Munich instrument makers Reichenbach, Utzschneider and Liebherr, a Troughton transit telescope, an equatorial telescope by Banks and a 1791 celestial globe. There is also an astronomical regulator by Hardy. Brisbane acquired some of these instruments for his previous observatory in Scotland while some were obtained specifically for his Australian observatory. This paper discusses the use of these instruments at Parramatta and their subsequent fate at Sydney Observatory.

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Ureta, M. Antonieta García. "Implementing an education and outreach programme for the Gemini Observatory in Chile." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 2, SPS5 (August 2006): 63–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921307006722.

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AbstractBeginning in 2001, the Gemini Observatory began the development of an innovative and aggressive education and outreach programme at its southern hemisphere site in northern Chile. A principal focus of this effort is centered on local education and outreach to communities surrounding the observatory and its base facility in La Serena, Chile. Programmes are now established with local schools using two portable StarLab planetaria, an internet-based teacher exchange called StarTeachers and multiple partnerships with local educational institutions. Other elements include a CD-ROM-based virtual tour that allows students, teachers and the public to experience the observatory's sites in Chile and Hawaii. This virtual environment allows interaction using a variety of immersive scenarios such as a simulated observation using real data from Gemini. Pilot projects like “Live from Gemini” are currently being developed which use internet video-conferencing technologies to bring the observatory's facilities into classrooms at universities and remote institutions. Lessons learned from the implementation of these and other programmes will be introduced and the challenges of developing educational programming in a developing country will be shared.

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Egeland, Alv, and William J. Burke. "Auroral research at the Tromsø Northern Lights Observatory: the Harang directorship, 1928–1946." History of Geo- and Space Sciences 7, no. 1 (March 16, 2016): 53–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hgss-7-53-2016.

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Abstract. The Northern Lights Observatory in Tromsø began as Professor Lars Vegard's dream for a permanent facility in northern Norway, dedicated to the continuous study of auroral phenomenology and dynamics. Fortunately, not only was Vegard an internationally recognized spectroscopist, he was a great salesman and persuaded the Rockefeller Foundation that such an observatory represented an important long-term investment. A shrewd judge of talent, Vegard recognized the scientific and managerial skills of Leiv Harang, a recent graduate from the University of Oslo, and recommended that he become the observatory's first director. In 1929, subsequent to receiving the Rockefeller Foundation grant, the University of Oslo established a low temperature laboratory to support Vegard's spectroscopic investigations. This paper follows the scientific accomplishments of observatory personnel during the 18 years of Harang's directorship. These include: identifying the chemical sources of auroral emissions, discovering the Vegard–Kaplan bands, quantifying height distributions of different auroral forms, interpreting patterns of magnetic field variations, remotely probing auroral electron distribution profiles in the polar ionosphere, and monitoring the evolving states of the ozone layer. The Rockefeller Foundation judges got it right: the Tromsø Nordlysobservatoriet was, and for decades remained, an outstanding scientific investment.

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Hutchings, J. B. "Time-Domain Studies with Astrosat." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 14, S339 (November 2017): 117–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921318002351.

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AbstractAstrosat is a multi-instrument orbiting observatory that was launched in 2015 by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The same field of view is observed simultaneously at wavelengths ranging from gamma ray to the optical blue. This talk described the observatory’s performance, with emphasis on time-domain studies, and gave examples of results.

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Jinming, Liu. "The Astronomical Publications in China." International Astronomical Union Colloquium 110 (1989): 58–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0252921100002931.

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At present there are three different kinds of astronomical publications in China: journals, observatory publications and special publications.Four journals are issued regularly: Acta Astronomia Sinica, Acta Astrophysica Sinica, Progress in Astronomy and Astronomy Amateur. There are five observatory publications available: Publications of Beijing Astronomical Observatory, Publications of Purple Mountain Observatory, Publications of Shannxi Astronomical Observatory, Publications of Yunnan Astronomical Observatory and Annals of Shanghai Observatory, Academia Sinica. Also several special publications have been published regularly, i. e. Chinese Solar-Geophysical Data (CSGD), Monthly Solar Activity, Time and Frequency Services Bulletin, Time Service Annual Report, etc.

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Moore, J. A., B. Gendre, D. M. Coward, H. Crisp, and A. Klotz. "THE ZADKO OBSERVATORY." Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica Serie de Conferencias 53 (September 1, 2021): 35–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.22201/ia.14052059p.2021.53.08.

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The 1.0 metre f/4 fast-slew Zadko Telescope was installed in June 2008 approximately seventy kilometres north of Perth at Yeal, in the Shire of Gingin, Western Australia. Since the Zadko Telescope has been in operation it has proven its worth by detecting numerous Gamma Ray Burst afterglows, two of these being the most distant 'optical transients' imaged by an Australian telescope. Other projects include a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to image potentially hazardous near Earth asteroids (2019), monitoring space weather on nearby stars (2019), and photometry of a transit of Saturn's moon Titan (2018). Another active Zadko Telescope project is tracking Geostationary satellites and attempting to use photometry to classify various space debris (defunct satellites). The Zadko Telescope's importance as a potential tool for education, training, and public outreach cannot be underestimated, as the global awareness of the importance of astronomy (and space science) as a context for teaching science continues to increase. An example of this was the national media coverage of its contribution to the discovery of colliding neutron stars in 2017, capturing the imagination of the public. In this proceeding, I will focus on the practical aspects of managing a robotic Observatory, focusing on the sustainability of the Observatory and the technical management involved in hosting different commercial projects. I will review the evolution of the Observatory, from its early, single instrument, state to its current multi-telescope and multi-instrument capabilities. I will finish by outlining the future of the Observatory and the site.

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Dickson, David. "European Southern Observatory." Science 238, no. 4834 (December 18, 1987): 1648. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.238.4834.1648.e.

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Penston, Margaret. "Royal Greenwich Observatory." Science 232, no. 4756 (June 13, 1986): 1319–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.232.4756.1319.d.

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Dickson, David. "European Southern Observatory." Science 238, no. 4834 (December 18, 1987): 1648. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.238.4834.1648-e.

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Penston, Margaret. "Royal Greenwich Observatory." Science 232, no. 4756 (June 13, 1986): 1319–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.232.4756.1319-d.

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Hirabayashi, Hisashi. "Nobeyama Radio Observatory." Biological Sciences in Space 1, no. 1 (1987): 39–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.2187/bss.1.39.

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Bhathal, R. "Campbelltown Rotary Observatory." Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 17, no. 2 (2000): 176–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/as00176.

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AbstractDonations (in cash and kind) amounting to $200,000 from companies in the south-western Sydney region have allowed the construction of a teaching, research and public access Observatory at the University of Western Sydney in Campbelltown. The Observatory will also serve as the home of the Australian Optical SETI Project (OZ OSETI for short). Two fibre-glass domes will be installed at the site. The main 4.5 m fibre-glass dome will house a 0.4 m telescope while the smaller 2.9 m dome will house a 0.3 m telescope. Both telescopes are fork-mounted Schmidt-Cassegrains working at f/10. An outside observation area will be used for tripod-mounted telescopes for public use and teaching purposes. The expected completion date for the project is July 2000.

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Hopkins, A. M. "Australian Astronomical Observatory." Asia Pacific Physics Newsletter 02, no. 02 (August 2013): 69–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s2251158x13000349.

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The Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO) is a Division of the Australian Federal Government's Department of Innovation, Industry, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIISRTE). The AAO operates the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) and the United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope (UKST) at Siding Spring Observatory, near Coonabarabran in north-western New South Wales. The AAO also hosts the Australian Gemini Office (AusGO) , which manages the allocation of time to Australian astronomers on the Gemini telescopes, as well as on Keck, Subaru and Magellan, through time-sharing or purchase agreements. The AAO's primary telescope facility, the AAT, is described here, with emphasis on its availability for international observers through our regular calls for proposals.

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Kessler, Martin F. "Infrared Space Observatory." Optical Engineering 33, no. 1 (January 1, 1994): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.155387.

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Aljohani, Naif Radi, Rabeeh Ayaz Abbasi, Fahad Mohammed Bawakid, Farrukh Saleem, Zahid Ullah, Ali Daud, Muhammad Ahtisham Aslam, Jalal S. Alowibdi, and Saeed-Ul Hassan. "Web Observatory Insights." International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems 15, no. 4 (October 2019): 52–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijswis.2019100104.

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In the present era of Big Data, with continuously increasing amounts of user-generated content, it is becoming a challenge to understand the relation between the content that is available on the Web and the users who are generating that content. Researchers have come up with many ways to understand today's Web better. One of the recently introduced concepts is a Web observatory (WO). This article provides a deep understanding about web observatories. It discusses the status of existing WO systems. The article investigates and gathers the common practices of WOs. This research has implications for researchers and communities in the adoption of the WO concept. The article highlights the challenges of WOs, such as data crawling, privacy and security. It also provides future research and development directions. The article provides a comparative analysis of existing WOs. It discusses the architecture of WOs. It presents components of a WO in a coherent manner and finally provides insights into challenges and limitations of WOs.

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Tong, Kent K. I., and Antonio CM Sousa. "The IT Observatory." Educational Media International 36, no. 1 (March 1999): 46–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0952398990360108.

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Castleberg, P. A., and K. M. Xilouris. "The Arecibo Observatory." IEEE Potentials 16, no. 3 (1997): 33–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/45.609894.

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