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Stefan
May 18, 2024
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The Leiden Observatory was founded in 1633 as an observatory at Leiden University in the Dutch city of Leiden. The Observatory is the oldest existing university observatory in the world. Snellius's quadrant was placed on the roof of the Academy Building on the Rapenburg in Leiden.
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Marc Schuurman
February 22, 2026
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Very nice background and open a few times a year
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