Ground-based optical and solar observatories in Asia and the Middle East, including observatories of India, China, Japan, Indonesia, Israel, Armenia and Georgia. An observatory belongs here when its cited article places it in a country of Asia. Members are placed here from their own cited Wikipedia articles, each with a verbatim supporting quotation, so a reader can check why an entry sits in this group. The grouping forms part of the browse path for this section of the atlas.
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Optical Observatories of Asia and the Middle East
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Wikipedia: Byurakan Observatory - Wikipedia
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The Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, or Byurakan Observatory (Armenian: Բյուրականի աստղադիտարան, romanized: Byurakani astghaditaran) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Armenian Academy of Sciences.
Bosscha Observatory (Wikipedia)
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Bosscha Observatory is the oldest modern observatory in Indonesia, and one of the oldest in Asia.
Kodaikanal Solar Observatory (Wikipedia)
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The Kodaikanal Solar Observatory is a solar observatory owned and operated by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics.
Purple Mountain Observatory (Wikipedia)
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Purple Mountain Observatory, also known as Zijinshan Astronomical Observatory, is a dual-use astronomical observatory operated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the People's Liberation Army Aerospace Force (PLAASF).
Nizamia observatory (Wikipedia)
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Nizamia observatory is an optical observatory built by Nawab Zafar Jung Bahadur of the House of Paigah and Amir of the Khurshid Jahi estate and established by Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI - the 6th Nizam of Kingdom of Hyderabad in 1901.
Vainu Bappu Observatory (Wikipedia)
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The Vainu Bappu Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics.
Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (Wikipedia)
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Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) is a research institute in Nainital, Uttarakhand, India which specializes in astronomy, solar physics, astrophysics and atmospheric science.
Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory (Wikipedia)
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Georgian National Astrophysical Observatory (GENAO) was founded in 1932 by Academician Evgeni Kharadze on Mount Kanobili, near the Abastumani resort in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of southeastern Georgia.
Wikipedia: Udaipur Solar Observatory
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The Udaipur Solar Observatory (USO) is a solar observatory located in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India on an island in the Fateh Sagar Lake.
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute: Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory (BOAO)
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Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory (BOAO) was established in 1996 with a 1.8 m reflecting telescope, Korea's largest optical instrument.
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