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Madras Observatory

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Organization astronomical_observatory Q628478
Madras Observatory
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Facts

5 properties

Identity

Instance of
astronomical observatory

Status and dates

Inception
1786[4]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1786 GND (DNB) 1792 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗

Location

Country
India[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 13.068°, 80.247°[5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Chennai[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Madras Observatory fr observatoire de Madras id Observatorium Madras it osservatorio di Madras ja マドラス天文台 nl Madras Observatorium ru Мадрасская обсерватория sv Observatoriet i Madras th หอดูดาวมัทราส uk Мадраська обсерваторія zh 馬德拉斯天文台 zh-hant 馬德拉斯天文臺
🔖 Identifiers · 7
VIAF cluster ID
131947749
Library of Congress authority ID
n87801174
GND ID
62173-0
Freebase ID
/m/0g55j4
Minor Planet Center observatory code
223
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["AstronomicalObservatory", "Madras"]
Yale LUX ID
group/1ec0b612-f602-4de4-b696-9263b7011be5
📚 Sources · 1
  • GND (DNB) as of 2026-09-30 · 1 statement · CC0 1.0 DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.

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Dissolved, abolished or demolished dateP576
1931 2026-09-30 GND (DNB) (CC0 1.0) as of 2026-09-30
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Source
GND (DNB)
Edition
20260930 · as of 2026-09-30 · newer edition 20261105 landed
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
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🔗 Connections
← Site of astronomical discovery 5
87 Sylvia, 107 Camilla, 67 Asia, 80 Sappho, 245 Vera
Country 1
India
Employees / affiliates 1
N. R. Pogson
Instance of 1
astronomical observatory
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Chennai
← FactGrid item ID 1
Dobrá Voda
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Summary

Madras Observatory is an astronomical observatory[1].

Related Entities

India N. R. Pogson

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  1. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 14
    Inception → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ml', 'ru', 'ta', 'th', '
    GND ID → 62173-0
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