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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4354. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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The US Naval Observatory is the oldest astronomical observatory in the United States, and the oldest continuously operating scientific institution in the US government. Founded in 1830 as a Depot of Charts and Instruments for rating chronometers and maintaining navigational instruments, by 1844 it had become the first national observatory of the United States, analogous to the ROYAL OBSERVATORY I...

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