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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.
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 ...
[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 ...
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.
Royal Observatory Edinburgh: 1930: No longer operational 34-inch Hewitt Camera [7] 34 in (86.4 cm) Reflector: Herstmonceux, East Sussex, England: The Observatory Science Centre: 1950s: Perren Telescope [8] 31.5 in (80.0 cm) Ritchey–Chrétien reflector: Mill Hill, London, England: UCL Observatory: 2019: Thomson/Regan/Owen Reflector 30 in (76.2 ...
For any given MPC-/IAU-observatory code an anchored link to the corresponding entry in the List of observatory codes is created. The formatted link displays the observatory code in small fonts and with parenthesis by default.
The Royal Observatory was first established in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode in 1826 by King William I of the Netherlands under the impulse of Adolphe Quetelet. It was home to a 100 cm (39 in) diameter aperture Zeiss reflector in the first half of the 20th century, one of the largest telescopes in the world at the time.