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Natal Observatory

South Africa

Natal Observatory
Natal Observatory. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The Natal Observatory was an astronomical observatory in the Colony of Natal (now the KwaZulu-Natal province of the Republic of South Africa) from 1882 to 1911. The most important work carried out there was a study of the motion of the moon.

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