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- Union_Observatory abstract "Union Observatory was an astronomical observatory in the suburb Observatory, Johannesburg, South Africa. It bears IAU code 078. Known as the Transvaal Observatory until 1912, it became the Republic Observatory in 1961. Well remembered for the quality of its Directors, work done on minor planets and the discovery of Proxima Centauri, growing light pollution problems in Johannesburg led to its closure in 1971-1972. At that time the South African government decided to amalgamate all astronomical research into one body, which later became known as the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO); it has its headquarters in Cape Town and has Sutherland as its outstation. The main Cape telescopes were moved to Sutherland, and the Radcliffe Observatory at Pretoria was also dismantled.Union Observatory went through a number of name changes: Transvaal Meteorological Department 1903 – 1909 Transvaal Observatory 1909 – 1912 Union Observatory 1912 – 1961 Republic Observatory 1961 – 1971Its directors were: Robert Innes 1903–1927 Harry Edwin Wood 1927–1941 Willem Hendrik van den Bos 1941–1956 William Stephen Finsen 1957–1965 Jan Hers 1965–1971↑".
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- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLink Cape_Town.
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLink Category:Astronomical_observatories_in_South_Africa.
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLink Category:Defunct_astronomical_observatories.
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLink Harry_Edwin_Wood.
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLink International_Astronomical_Union.
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLink Jan_Hers.
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLink Johannesburg.
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- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLink Minor_planet.
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLink Observatory.
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLink Observatory,_Gauteng.
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLink Pretoria.
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLink Proxima_Centauri.
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLink Radcliffe_Observatory.
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLink Robert_T._A._Innes.
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLink South_Africa.
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLink South_African_Astronomical_Observatory.
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLink Sutherland,_Northern_Cape.
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLink Willem_Hendrik_van_den_Bos.
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLink William_Stephen_Finsen.
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLinkText "Johannesburg Obs.".
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLinkText "Johannesburg Observatory".
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLinkText "Johannesburg".
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLinkText "Republic Observatory".
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLinkText "UO".
- Union_Observatory wikiPageWikiLinkText "Union Observatory".
- Union_Observatory altitude "1,808 m".
- Union_Observatory closed "1971".
- Union_Observatory code "78".
- Union_Observatory established "1903".
- Union_Observatory location Johannesburg.
- Union_Observatory location Observatory,_Gauteng.
- Union_Observatory location South_Africa.
- Union_Observatory name "Union Observatory".
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- Union_Observatory subject Category:Astronomical_observatories_in_South_Africa.
- Union_Observatory subject Category:Defunct_astronomical_observatories.
- Union_Observatory hypernym Observatory.
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- Union_Observatory comment "Union Observatory was an astronomical observatory in the suburb Observatory, Johannesburg, South Africa. It bears IAU code 078. Known as the Transvaal Observatory until 1912, it became the Republic Observatory in 1961. Well remembered for the quality of its Directors, work done on minor planets and the discovery of Proxima Centauri, growing light pollution problems in Johannesburg led to its closure in 1971-1972.".
- Union_Observatory label "Union Observatory".
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- Union_Observatory lat "-26.18425".
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- Union_Observatory wasDerivedFrom Union_Observatory?oldid=695740431.
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