The Armagh Observatory
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The Armagh Observatory
Image: © Rossographer Taken: 16 Jun 2010
The Armagh Observatory was founded in 1790 by Archbishop Richard Robinson in an attempt to create a university in Armagh. It is still going strong today and is an important research facility in the UK with around 25 astronomers based here. See http://star.arm.ac.uk/index.html for more information. The Armagh Planetarium Image is sited in the same grounds, but the two should not be confused.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.353151
Longitude
-6.649621