Greece's oldest research institution, founded in 1842 on a hill overlooking central Athens and long the country's principal center for astronomical, meteorological and geophysical research. Its historic Sina building still stands, while its modern research telescopes operate from a separate mountain site outside the city.
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1. Wikipedia: National Observatory of Athens
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located in Thissio
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Founded in 1842, it is the oldest
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7.5-inch dialyte refracting telescope
In Group: Optical Observatories of Europe, Lead sentence
The National Observatory of Athens (NOA; Greek: Εθνικό Αστεροσκοπείο Αθηνών) is a research organization based in Athens, Greece.
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