Natal Observatory (Q6967960)

  • matcher place: KwaZulu-Natal (relation 349390), eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality (relation 610720)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: 1882 establishments in the Colony of Natal, Astronomical observatories in South Africa
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Natal Observatory was an astronomical observatory in the Colony of Natal (now the KwaZulu-Natal province of the Republic of South Africa) from 1882 to 1911. The most important work carried out there was a study of the motion of the moon.

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observatory (Q62832) man_made=observatory, landuse=observatory

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Astronomical observatories in South Africa amenity=astronomical_observatory, landuse=observatory, man_made=telescope, amenity=university