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page 1Astronomical observatories in China
Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
radio telescope located in Pingtang County, Guizhou Province, China
Purple Mountain Observatory
astronomical observatory in China
Xinglong Station
observatory situated in the Yanshan Mountains
Beijing Ancient Observatory
observatory
Gaocheng Astronomical Observatory
The ancient observatory in Dengfeng, China
Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory
astronomical observatory in Xinjiang, China
Yangbajain
Yangbajain (also spelled Yangbajing; ) is a town approximately north-west of Lhasa, halfway to Damxung in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The town lies just south of the Nyainqêntanglha Mountains, in an upland lush green valley surrounded by the tents of nomads with grazing yak and sheep populating the hillside. It is the site Yangpachen Monastery, which was historically the seat of the Shamarpas of Karma Kagyü and the Yangbajing International Cosmic Ray Observatory.
National Astronomical Observatory of China
observatory
Beijing Astronomical Observatory
post-Communist revolution observatory
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory
astronomical observatory in Shanghai, China
Sheshan Observatory
Imperial Astronomical Bureau
The Qintianjian (), commonly translated as the Imperial Astronomical Bureau or Directorate of Astronomy, was the official institution of the Chinese imperial state responsible for astronomical observation, calendar production, timekeeping, and the interpretation of celestial and cosmological phenomena on behalf of the emperor. The bureau and its predecessor institutions served these functions across successive Chinese dynasties from antiquity until the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912.
Yunnan Astronomical Observatory
observatory in China
Xingming Observatory
astronomical observatory in Xinjiang, China