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The Royal Observatory of Belgium (French: Observatoire Royal de Belgique; Dutch: Koninklijke Sterrenwacht van België) has been situated in the Uccle municipality of Brussels since 1890. It is part of the institutions of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO).
The Brussels Planetarium is one of the most important planetariums in Europe and a leading attraction in Belgium. The planetarium has an international scientific reputation, and is one of the largest in Europe, with its dome of 23 metres (75 ft) in diameter, [1] on which the Sun, the Moon, the planets, the Milky Way and more than 8,500 stars can be projected.
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Eric Walter Elst (30 November 1936 – 2 January 2022) was a Belgian astronomer at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle and a prolific discoverer of asteroids.The Minor Planet Center ranks him among the top 10 discoverers of minor planets with thousands of discoveries made at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile and at the Rozhen Observatory in Bulgaria during 1986–2009.
Royal Observatory may refer to: Royal Observatory, Greenwich in England (formerly the Royal Greenwich Observatory) Paris Observatory in France (formerly the Royal Observatory, France) Royal Observatory of Belgium; Royal Observatory, Edinburgh in Scotland; Hong Kong Observatory, (formerly the Royal Observatory, Hong Kong until 1997)
In case you missed it, Queen Mathilde of Belgium made headlines in January after celebrating a milestone birthday. In honor of the special occasion, the Belgian Royal Palace shared new portraits ...
Royal Observatory: Cape Colony, British Empire: South Africa: 46 cm (18") 6.7 m (22.6 ft) 1897 [24] Cooke-Zeiss Refractor, Royal Observatory of Belgium [25] Uccle, Belgium-45 cm (17.7") 6.99 m: 1891/1932: by Cooke & Sons, original 38 cm lens by Merz replaced by 45 cm lens from Zeiss 1932: Gran Ecuatorial Gautier Telescope La Plata Astronomical ...