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The Greek Parliament passed a special law on June 19, 1890, making the Athens Observatory a government research facility. The name was changed to National Observatory of Athens abbreviated NOA. Because of the special law, Demetrios Eginitis was appointed Director of the NOA. In addition to the Astronomical Institute, two others Institutes were ...
[5] [6] The telescope was commissioned by Robert Stirling Newall (1812-1889), a wealthy Scottish engineer and amateur astronomer for his private observatory at Ferndene (Gateshead). The telescope was built by Thomas Cooke and in 1890 it was donated to the University of Cambridge. In 1957 it was donated to the National Observatory of Athens. [7]
The Kryoneri Observatory (Greek: Αστεροσκοπείο Κρυονερίου), also known as the Kryoneri Astronomical Station (Αστρονομικός Σταθμός Κρυονερίου), is an astronomical obervatory in Corinthia, Greece, operated by the IAASARS research institute of the National Observatory of Athens.
The wildfires also threatened the premises of the National Observatory of Athens – an institute founded in 1842 – Theodore Giannaros, a researcher, said on Facebook.
The Penteli Observatory (Greek: Αστεροσκοπείο Πεντέλης), also known as the Penteli Astronomical Stationis (Αστρονομικός Σταθμός Πεντέλης), is an astronomical observatory in Penteli, Greece, operated by the National Observatory of Athens.
The National Observatory of Athens operates an AVHRR image acquisition station manufactured by Telonics Inc. The receiving antenna is installed at ISARS ('Lofos Koufou'). Satellite data from NOAA 12, 14, 15 and 16 are acquired on a daily basis.
The Aristarchos 2.3 m Telescope is a Ritchey-Chrétien telescope at the Chelmos Observatory on Mount Chelmos, Greece. It is the largest telescope in the country and it had its first light test in 2005. It is operated by the Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing of the National Observatory of Athens.
PENTELI, Greece/ATHENS (Reuters) -A fast-moving wildfire fuelled by searing summer heat and strong winds spread to the edge of Athens on Monday, torching trees, houses and cars and forcing the ...