Observatories built before the invention of the telescope, where astronomers measured the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars with large fixed instruments such as quadrants, sextants and armillary spheres. An observatory belongs here when its cited article describes it as an early or pre-telescopic observatory, such as those of Tycho Brahe, Ulugh Beg and the Maya. 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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Beijing Ancient Observatory (Wikipedia)
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The Beijing Ancient Observatory (traditional Chinese: 北京古觀象臺; simplified Chinese: 北京古观象台; pinyin: Běijīng Gǔ Guānxiàngtái) is a pretelescopic observatory located in Beijing, China.
Uraniborg (Wikipedia)
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Uraniborg was an astronomical observatory and alchemy laboratory established and operated by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe.
Ulugh Beg Observatory (Wikipedia)
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The Ulugh Beg Observatory is an observatory in modern day Samarkand, Uzbekistan, which was built in the 1420s by the Timurid astronomer Ulugh Beg.
Wikipedia: Maragheh observatory
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The Maragheh observatory (Persian: رصدخانه مراغه), also spelled Maragha, Maragah, Marageh, and Maraga, was an astronomical observatory established in the mid 13th century under the patronage of the Ilkhanid Hulagu and the directorship of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, a Persian scientist and astronomer.
Wikipedia: Constantinople Observatory of Taqi ad-Din
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The Constantinople observatory of Taqi ad-Din, founded in Constantinople (today Istanbul) by Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf in 1577, was one of the largest astronomical observatories in the pre-modern world.
Wikipedia: El Caracol, Chichen Itza
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El Caracol, the Observatory, is a unique structure at pre-Columbian Maya civilization site of Chichen Itza.
Wikipedia: Gaocheng Astronomical Observatory
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Gaocheng Astronomical Observatory, also known as the Dengfeng Observatory, is an observatory in Duke of Zhou's shrine, Gaocheng Town, near Dengfeng in Henan province, China.
Wikipedia: Jantar Mantar, Jaipur
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The instruments allow the observation of astronomical positions with the naked eye.
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