... Nice view of an architectural and cultural monument of Hamburg... where the sun rises in the east of the city, there is the Hamburg observatory.... this seven-hectare park with its neo-baroque domed buildings was the most modern of its kind when it was founded... after extensive renovation work the building complex was reopened in June 2019 and is certainly worth a visit... like almost no other observatory in the world, the Hamburg observatory documents the technical development associated with astronomical science from around 1850 to the present... but the great time of the Hamburg observatory has long been history... elsewhere in the world, the stars are simply seen more often than in the often cloudy Hamburg sky... with great "space" related postmarkđđ... Thanks a lot Dustin!(✿◠‿◠)
Hamburg Observatory is owned and operated by the University of Hamburg since 1968, although it was founded in 1825 by the City of Hamburg and moved to its present location in 1912.
The Hamburg 1-meter reflector telescope (first light 1911) was one of the biggest telescopes in Europe at that time, and by some measures the fourth largest in the World.
The Observatory also has an old style Great Refractor, a long telescope with a lens of 60 cm with a tube focal length of 9 meters, and there is also a smaller one from the 19th C that has survived.
Another historical item of significance is the first and original Schmidt telescope, a type noted for its wide-field views.
Hamburg's observatory has also supported space missions.
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(01-07-2019)
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