ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES.

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Commenced in 1818 at the expense of a society. Permanently organ-ized with the help of a public subscription, of one subsidy from theUniversity and another from the State. In 18G2 a special hall wasadded for an equatorial, which has au aperture of 9 inches: (0.23 m ).

Gohlis (near Leipzig), Saxony .

I. Private Sternwarte.

Longitude from Greenwich, 49 ,n 28.0 s E.

Latitude, 51° 2P 42.3" X.

Authority for longitude and latitude : Prof. C. C. Bruhns .

Proprietor : August Auerbach.

Observatory was built in 18G1-’G2.

II. Private Sternwarte .

Longitude from Greenwich, 49 m 29.65 s E.

Latitude, 51° 2P 35" X.

Authority for longitude and latitude: A. Lancaster, Liste G6neraledes Observatoires et Astronomes, 1887.

Proprietor : W. Winkler.

Gotha, Germany .

Sternwarte.

Longitude from Greenwich, 42 m 50.50 s E.

Latitude, 50° 56' 37.5" X.

Directors: E. X. von Each, 1787.

B. A. von Lindenau, 1808.

J. E. Encke, 1817.

P. A. Hansen, 1825.

A. Kruger, 187G.

L. de Ball (ad interim).

H. Seeliger, 1881.

Dr. E. Becker.

The first observatory was erected in 1784, on the “Seeberg,”miles (two kilometers) from the town. In 1853 a new observatory wasbuilt iu the “ Jagerstrasse,” not far from the ducal palace.

Gottingen , Prussia.

Konigliclie Sternwarte.

Longitude from Greenwich, 39 m 4G.4 S E.

Latitude, 51° 31' 7.9" X.

Authority for longitude and latitude: Berliner Jahrbuch.