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The Algiers Observatory was built in the late 19th century in the Algiers suburb of Bouzaréah, Algeria, North Africa. It participated in the Astrographic Catalogue project, taking the zone between -2 and +4 degrees to expose 1,260 plates between the years 1891 and 1911.
- CRAAG
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- 1985
«Photometric instrumentation at Algiers Observatory». Interplay of Periodic, Cyclic and Stochastic Variability in Selected Areas of the H-R Diagram. Edited by C. Sterken, ASP Conf. Ser. 292. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, (en inglés): 41. Enlaces externos. Sitio web del CRAAG; j;l'.;k Referencias
- Centro de Investigación en Astronomía, Astrofísica y Geofísica de Argel, CRAAG
Founded by the French Government in 1856, initially it was a meteorological station, upgraded in 1858 to an astronomical station of the Paris Observatory. In 1885 the Observatory was relocated to La Bouzaréa, on the top of a hill on the city of Algiers outskirts.
Algiers Observatory, 1930s and 1940s, discovered 4 asteroids, in the 1950s at the Royal Observatory in Uccle, Belgium, 1955 to 1958 director of Quito Observatory, Ecuador
The Algiers Observatory was built in the late 19th century in the Algiers suburb of Bouzaréah, Algeria, North Africa. It participated in the Astrographic Catalogue project, taking the zone between -2 and +4 degrees to expose 1,260 plates between the years 1891 and 1911.
Astronomy in Algeria is linked to the Algiers Observatory which is the only place where there is any astronomical activity. The Observatory was built in 1889 and was an important contributor to the famous Carte du del project.
Astronomy studies have been developed in Algeria since 1890 when the Algiers Observatory was built. Several instruments were soon installed on the site and have contributed to many scientific projects such as the international sky-map program.
