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This is a list of observatory codes ... Obs. code Map Observatories, programs, surveys, and dedicated telescopes ... Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh 278:
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich (ROG; [1] known as the Old Royal Observatory from 1957 to 1998, when the working Royal Greenwich Observatory, RGO, temporarily moved south from Greenwich to Herstmonceux) is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park in south east London, overlooking the River Thames to the north.
Royal Observatory, Greenwich: 1675 Greenwich, England, UK Royal Observatory, Edinburgh: 1896 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Roque de los Muchachos Observatory: 1979 (officially inaugurated in 1985) La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. Rosemary Hill Observatory: Bronson, Florida, US Rozhen Observatory: 1981 Peak Rozhen, Bulgaria Rutherford Observatory: 1920s
The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh (ROE) is an astronomical institution located on Blackford Hill in Edinburgh. The site is owned by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). The ROE comprises the UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC) of STFC, the Institute for Astronomy of the School of Physics and Astronomy of the University of ...
The MPC assigns a 3 digit observatory code for each observatory, also known as 'MPC-' or 'IAU codes'. The code is in the range 000 to Z99 and serves as a unique identifier for the reported observations. The MPC periodically published a revised "List Of Observatory Codes" with newly registered observatories in their Minor Planet Circulars.
Great Dorpat Refractor (Fraunhofer) Dorpat/Tartu Observatory: 24 cm (9.6") achromat: Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire / now Tartu, Estonia: 1824 [39] [40] Van Monckhoven Telescope 23 cm refractor Ghent, Belgium, UGENT Observatory Armand Pien 1880 Sheepshanks Equatorial of Royal Greenwich Observatory [33] 17 cm (6.7") achromat
[10] [11] [12] Red band sources for the southern sky include the short red (SR) plates of the SERC I/SR Survey and Atlas of the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds (referred to as AAO-SR in DSS2), [13] the Equatorial Red (SERC-ER), [5] and the F-band Second Epoch Survey (referred to as AAO-SES in DSS2, AAO-R in the original literature), [14] all ...
His Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office (HMNAO), now part of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, was established in 1832 on the site of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich (ROG), where The Nautical Almanac had been published since 1767. HMNAO produces astronomical data for a wide range of users, such as astronomers, mariners, aviators, surveyors ...