Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl
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The Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl, or Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory, is a historic astronomical observatory located near the summit of the Königstuhl hill, in the city of Heidelberg in Germany. The predecessor of the current observatory was originally opened in 1774 in the nearby city of Mannheim, but degradation of observation conditions there resulted in a relocation to the Königstuhl in 1898.[1]
The observatory forms part of the Center of Astronomy of the University of Heidelberg. The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy opened on an adjacent site in 1967.[1]
Between 1912 and 1957, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth discovered almost 400 asteroids whilst working from the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl.
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- ^ a b This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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- Official web site of the observatory (in mixed German/English)
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