A Canadian federal observatory near Victoria, British Columbia, opened in 1918 with a 72-inch reflecting telescope that briefly ranked as the largest operating telescope in the world. It remains an active research site and public astronomy center operated by Canada's National Research Council.
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LocationObservatory Hill, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 1 Classification
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Source Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (Wikipedia)
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1. Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (Wikipedia)
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located on Observatory Hill, in Saanich, British Columbia
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completed in 1918
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a 48-inch (1.22 m) optical telescope was added to the observatory
In Group: Optical Observatories of the Americas, Lead sentence
The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, located on Observatory Hill, in Saanich, British Columbia, was completed in 1918 by the Canadian government.
Operated By: National Research Council (Canada), Article text: operator
In 1995, the observatory was made the headquarters of the NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, which operates several Canadian telescopes, both optical and radio.
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