Royal Observatory of Belgium

Belgium / Flamisch Brabant / Linkebeek / Avenue Circulaire / Ringlaan, 3
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The Royal Observatory of Belgium (French: Observatoire Royal de Belgique, Dutch: Koninklijke Sterrenwacht van België), has been situated in the Uccle municipality of Brussels (Belgium) since 1890. It was first established in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode in 1826 by William I under the impulse of Adolphe Quetelet. It was home to a 100 cm (39 in) diameter aperture Zeiss reflector in the first half of the 20th century, one of the largest telescopes in the world at the time. It owns a variety of other astronomical instruments, such as astrographs, as well as a range of seismograph equipment (for detecting earthquakes).

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Observatory_of_Belgium
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Coordinates:   50°47'52"N   4°21'31"E
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