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1999-02-01

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9902030v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 1 postscript figure included, for Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Institute of Physics Publishing

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I give a brief history of astronomical observatories as an institution. This includes: 1) observatories in Islam; 2) China and India; 3) early European observatories; 4) the rise of national observatories; 5) private (amateur) observatories; 6) mountaintop observatories and the modern era. Additional references, to material not cited in the version that will be published in the encyclopedia, are also given.

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