Egypt's principal astronomical observatory, about 80 kilometers from Cairo and operated by the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics. It houses a 1.88-meter reflecting telescope, the largest in the Arab world, the Middle East and North Africa, supporting the country's programs in optical and observational astronomy.
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Location80 km from Cairo, Egypt 1 Classification
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1. Wikipedia: Kottamia Astronomical Observatory
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The telescope, which is located 80 km from the center of Cairo, has a main mirror diameter of about 1.88 meters.
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has a main mirror diameter of about 1.88 meters
In Group: Optical Observatories of Africa and Oceania, Lead sentence
Kottamia Astronomical Observatory is the largest telescope in the Arab world, including the Middle East and North Africa.
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The Observatory established in 1964, as an extension of Helwan observatory, which was established in 1903, one of the oldest research institutes in Egypt and the Middle East.
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