Pack your best astronomer's guide and explore these eight observatories that will leave you starry eyed.
- Griffith Observatory • Los Angeles, California. ...
- Mauna Kea Observatory • Big Island, Hawaii. ...
- Royal Observatory Greenwich • London, England. ...
- National Observatory • Athens, Greece. ...
- Jantar Mantar • Jaipur, India.
Are there any observatories open to the public?
Many observatories around the world are at least partially accessible to the public, with some, such as McDonald Observatory in West Texas, even allowing regular public access to some of their research telescopes.
Can you visit observatories in India?
The solar observatory established in 1899 in picturesque Kodaikanal is perhaps the oldest observatory in the world. Run by Indian Institute of Astrophysics in Tamil Nadu, this observatory has in store more than 100 years of data on the Sun and its influence on Earth and surrounding space.
