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and the stars of 1° to 2° on the meridian circle; then on the refractoroccasional observations of comets and planets; finally, with the smallstationary telescope, the occupations of the stars and the eclipses ofthe satellites of Jupiter .
The building stands upon the highest hill within the town limits.The towers of the two parallactic mounted instruments are at the topof a second story. The meridian room is in a northern lateral wing.The executive offices and the chronometer depot occupy the northernhalf of the first floor. One messenger has lodgings in the building.
The observatory’s endowment amounts to 3,200 Austrian florins an-nually, together with heating and lighting of all the rooms, incidentals,and the salaries of the officers and employes. This sum may be con-sidered sufficient, although intended also for the completion and repairof the stock of chronometers.
Royal Alfred Observatory.
Longitude from Greenwich , 3 h 50 m 12.5 s E.
Latitude, 20° 5' 39" S.
Authority for longitude and latitude: A. Lancaster, Liste Gbneraledes Observatoires et Astrouomes, 1887.
Director ; 0. Meldrum.
The foundation was laid by II. E. II. the Duke of Edinburgh , in May,1870. Work commenced in 1874.
Observatory of the Royal JSfaval College.
Longitude from Greenwich , 4 m 24.8 s W.
Latitude, 50° 48’ 3" N.
Authority for longitude and latitude: Connaissance des Temps, 1884,p. xiv.
Director: H. G. Swainson.
This establishment is no longer an astronomical observatory; itswork being now confined to the testing of chronometers. The directoris now “ Superintendent of chronometers.”
Astro-Physilcalischcs Observatorium.
Longitude from Greenwich , 52 m 15.9 s E.
Latitude, 52° 22' 5G" N.
Director: Prof. Dr. ET. C. Vogel.
Built upon a hill adjoining the park at Potsdam . Opened in 187^under the auspices of the Vstrongmische Gesellsohaft,