Astronomy Observatory

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National Astronomical Observatory Of China
... The National Astronomy Observatory of China (NAOC, the acronym was officially claimed as standing for National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese 国家天文台 pinyin ... the site of the former Beijing Astronomical Observatory (BAO), and take responsibility for all matters relating to the former BAO ... The reformation of management strucuture imitated to National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) and National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) of USA and National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) ...

Famous quotes containing the words observatory and/or astronomy:

    “Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

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    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)