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astronomical institution
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astronomical institution

is a kind of institution

Kinds of astronomical institution :

• High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (2 facts)
• Institut de RadioAstronomie Millimetrique (2 facts) (IRAM)
• International Astronomical Union (2 facts) (IAU)
• Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics (2 facts) (LHEA)
• National Optical Astronomy Observatory (2 facts) (NOAO)
• National Radioastronomy Observatory (2 facts) (NRAO)
• Royal Greenwich Observatory (2 facts) - 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.
• SETI (2 facts) - The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, by using radiotelescopes to listen for signals transmitted by intelligent alien beings.
• Smithsonian Astronomical Observatory (2 facts) (SAO)