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The City Observatory was an astronomical observatory on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is also known as the Calton Hill Observatory. The site is enclosed by a boundary wall with a monument to John Playfair, president of the Edinburgh Astronomical Institution, in the southeast corner. The oldest part is the Gothic Tower in the southwest corner, facing Princes Street and Edinburgh Castle. It is also known as Observatory House, the Old Observatory, or after its designer James Craig House. The central building with the appearance of a Greek temple is the Playfair Building, named after the building's designer William Henry Playfair. This houses the 6-inch (15 cm) refractor in its dome and the 6.4-inch (16 cm) transit telescope in its eastern wing. The largest dome of the site is the Cit

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  • Stadtobservatorium von Edinburgh (de)
  • City Observatory (en)
  • City Observatory (fr)
  • Городская обсерватория Эдинбурга (ru)
  • 愛丁堡市天文台 (zh)
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  • Das Stadtobservatorium von Edinburgh engl. City Observatory ist eine Sternwarte in Edinburgh, Schottland. (de)
  • Le City Observatory, également connu sous le nom de observatoire de Calton Hill, est un observatoire astronomique situé sur Calton Hill, à Édimbourg, Écosse. (fr)
  • 愛丁堡市天文台(英語:City Observatory)是位於蘇格蘭愛丁堡卡爾頓山上的一個天文台,也稱卡爾頓山天文台(Calton Hill Observatory)。天文台始建於1788年。1812年,天文台被轉交給愛丁堡天文機構。19世紀末期,天文台的所有權再從英國國有改為愛丁堡市所有。天文台遂改名為市天文台。現在愛丁堡市政府有機會重新開發天文台。 (zh)
  • The City Observatory was an astronomical observatory on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is also known as the Calton Hill Observatory. The site is enclosed by a boundary wall with a monument to John Playfair, president of the Edinburgh Astronomical Institution, in the southeast corner. The oldest part is the Gothic Tower in the southwest corner, facing Princes Street and Edinburgh Castle. It is also known as Observatory House, the Old Observatory, or after its designer James Craig House. The central building with the appearance of a Greek temple is the Playfair Building, named after the building's designer William Henry Playfair. This houses the 6-inch (15 cm) refractor in its dome and the 6.4-inch (16 cm) transit telescope in its eastern wing. The largest dome of the site is the Cit (en)
  • Городская обсерватория Эдинбурга (англ. City Observatory), также Колтон-Хиллская обсерватория — астрономическая обсерватория, основанная в 1776 году в Эдинбурге (Шотландия), на холме Колтон-Хилл. Здания обсерватории окружены стеной, в юго-восточном углу которой находится памятник Джону Плейфэру, председателю Эдинбургского астрономического института. Старейшая часть обсерватории — Готическая башня в юго-западном углу, обращенная фасадом в сторону Принсес-стрит и Эдинбургского замка. Эта башня также известна под названиями «Старая обсерватория» (англ. Old Observatory), «Наблюдательный дом» (англ. Observatory House), и «Дом Джеймса Крейга» (англ. James Craig House), по имени спроектировавшего ее архитектора. Центральное строение комплекса, напоминающее древнегреческий храм, называют «Зданием (ru)
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  • City Observatory, Edinburgh (en)
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