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Sonneberg Observatory

Coordinates: 50°22′38″N 11°11′23″E / 50.37722°N 11.18972°E / 50.37722; 11.18972
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Sonneberg Observatory
Sonneberg Observatory in 2012
Observatory code031
LocationSonneberg, Thuringia, Germany
Coordinates50°22′39″N 11°11′24″E / 50.3775°N 11.19°E / 50.3775; 11.19
Altitude638 m (2,093 ft) Edit this at Wikidata
Established1925
Websitewww.4pisysteme.de/observatory/observatory.html
Sonneberg Observatory is located in Germany
Sonneberg Observatory
Location of Sonneberg Observatory
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Sonneberg Observatory (German: Sternwarte Sonneberg) is an astronomical observatory and was formerly an institute of the Academy of Science in the German Democratic Republic. It was founded in 1925 by Cuno Hoffmeister and is located in Sonneberg, Thuringia, Germany. The Sonneberg Observatory has one of the world's largest collections of photographic plates in its museum of astronomy.[1]

The observatory in 1935

References

  1. ^ "Museum for Astronomy". Astronomiemuseum der Sternwarte Sonneber (in German). Retrieved 2 September 2015.

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