Sonneberg Observatory

Sonneberg Observatory
Sonneberg Observatory in 2012
Observatory code 031
Location Sonneberg, Thuringia, Germany
Coordinates 50°22′39″N 11°11′24″E / 50.3775°N 11.19°E / 50.3775; 11.19Coordinates: 50°22′39″N 11°11′24″E / 50.3775°N 11.19°E / 50.3775; 11.19
Established 1925
Website www.4pisysteme.de/observatory/observatory.html
Location of Sonneberg Observatory
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Sonneberg Observatory (German: Sternwarte Sonneberg) is an astronomical observatory and was formerly an institute of the Academy of Science in the German Democratic Republic. It was founded in 1925 by Cuno Hoffmeister and is located in Sonneberg, Thuringia, Germany. The Sonneberg Observatory has one of the world's largest collections of photographic plates in its museum of astronomy.[1]

The observatory in 1935

References

  1. "Museum for Astronomy". Astronomiemuseum der Sternwarte Sonneber (in German). Retrieved 2 September 2015.

Coordinates: 50°22′38″N 11°11′23″E / 50.37722°N 11.18972°E / 50.37722; 11.18972


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