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  2. Mount Everest webcam - Wikipedia

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    The captured video and the weather data are transmitted wirelessly to the Ev-K2-CNR Pyramid Laboratory/Observatory, located on the slopes of Mount Everest at an elevation of 5,050 m (16,568 ft). The live video is analyzed in the observatory, then sent to Italy for further processing. [2] Last images are given daily as of December 2022.

  3. List of highest astronomical observatories - Wikipedia

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    These include the Chacaltaya Astrophysical Observatory in Bolivia, which at 5,230 m (17,160 ft) was the world's highest permanent astronomical observatory [9] from the time of its construction during the 1940s until surpassed in 2009 by the new University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory, [10] an optical-infrared telescope on a remote 5,640 m ...

  4. List of astronomical observatories - Wikipedia

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    Educational observatory This is a partial list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and location. The list also includes a final year of operation for many observatories that are no longer in operation.

  5. You can watch the solar eclipse from One World Observatory in ...

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    One World Observatory in New York City is offering people the chance to witness the April 8 total solar eclipse from the highest point in the city.

  6. Cameras for All-Sky Meteor Surveillance - Wikipedia

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    CAMS [3] networks around the world use an array of low-light video surveillance cameras to collect astrometric tracks and brightness profiles of meteors in the night sky. . Triangulation of those tracks results in the meteor's direction and speed, from which the meteors’ orbit in space is calculated and the material's parent body can be identifi

  7. Kryoneri Observatory - Wikipedia

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    The Korgialenio telescope is one of the largest telescopes in Greece, with only the Aristarchos 2.3m Telescope in the Chelmos Observatory and the 1.3m Telescope in the Skinakas Observatory being larger in size. [5] [needs update] It is the main telescope of the Kryoneri Observatory and it was manufactured and installed by Grubb Parsons in 1975.

  8. Paris Observatory - Wikipedia

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    Paris Observatory A 1682 map shows adjustments to the coast of France. The Paris Observatory (French: Observatoire de Paris, pronounced [ɔbsɛʁvatwaʁ də paʁi]), a research institution of the Paris Sciences et Lettres University, is the foremost astronomical observatory of France, and one of the largest astronomical centers in the world.

  9. BTA-6 - Wikipedia

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    For many years the primary world-class observatory in the Soviet Union was the Pulkovo Observatory outside Saint Petersburg, originally built in 1839.Like many observatories of its era, it was primarily dedicated to timekeeping, weather, navigation and similar practical tasks, with a secondary role for scientific research.