🔭 Africa Observatories

14 observatories · 7 countries

A profile for each of the 14 notable observatories in Africa — location, country, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia. These 14 observatories span 7 countries.

Boyden Observatory

South Africa

Center of Research in Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Geophysics

Algeria

Constantinople observatory of Taqi ad-Din

Ottoman Empire

Entoto Observatory Space Science Research Center

Ethiopia

Ghana Satellite Earth Station

Ghana

Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory

South Africa

Helwan District

Egypt

Kottamia Astronomical Observatory

Egypt

Oukaïmeden Observatory

Morocco

Rabat Observatory

Morocco

Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope

South Africa

South African Astronomical Observatory

South Africa

Union Observatory

South Africa

Yale–Columbia Southern Observatory

South Africa

Other continents

Americas Antarctica Asia Europe Oceania

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.

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🔭 All observatories

Profiles of astronomical observatories — where each stargazing site stands, which country runs it, and a plain-English introduction.

🌍 Africa observatories

14 observatories across Africa.

🌍 Americas observatories

294 observatories across Americas.

🌍 Antarctica observatories

2 observatories across Antarctica.

🌍 Asia observatories

58 observatories across Asia.

🌍 Europe observatories

233 observatories across Europe.

🌍 Oceania observatories

33 observatories across Oceania.