Royal Greenwich Observatory Comparison Table

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Royal Greenwich Observatory comparison table

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Royal Greenwich Observatory astronomical institution Primary national Observatory in Great Britain, first sited at Greenwich in 1675, but in 1958 moved to Herstmonceux, Sussex. From the first, Directorship of the Observatory has entailed appointment as Astronomer Royal. In the 1980s the Observatory will lose its primary national status with the completion of the Northern Hemisphere Observatory in Las Palmas, the Canary Islands.

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Royal Greenwich Observatory	astronomical institution		Primary national Observatory in Great Britain, first sited at Greenwich in 1675, but in 1958 moved to Herstmonceux, Sussex. From the first, Directorship of the Observatory has entailed appointment as Astronomer Royal. In the 1980s the Observatory will lose its primary national status with the completion of the Northern Hemisphere Observatory in Las Palmas, the Canary Islands.

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