REPORTS OF ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES. 72 o 



Santiago, Chile. 

 Observatorio Xaclonal. 



Lou«itu(le from Grceuwich, 4^^ 42'" 42^4 W. 



Latitude, 33° 26' 42'' S. 



Directors : E. G. ]\Iae,sta, 1852 ; 

 J. I. Vekgaea, 1861. 



Proposed in 1852. The instruments and buildings wliicli liad lieon 

 used for tlie temporary [N^aval Observatory of the Tnited States at Santa 

 Lucia, under Lieutenant Gillisw, were purchased as a beginning, and 

 in 1856 the construction of a permanent Observatory was undertalcen, 

 consisting simply of a one-story edifice and central dome. The equip- 

 ment has been added to gradually since 1859. 



• St. Petersburg, Russia. 



Ohscrvatoria Akademii Xaul'. [Ohscrrafory of the Academy of Sciences. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 2'' l-^^ 13^5 E. 

 Latitude, 59° 56' 29".7 K 

 Directors: J. X. De L'Isle, 1747; 



P. Inschodzow, 1768 ; 



E. Barry, 1794; 



V. WiSNICROSKY, 1811; 



A. SAwiTScn, 1856. 

 Pounded in 1747. 



ScnwEEiN, Germany. 



Stcrmcarte. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 45™ 40^7 E. 

 Latitude, 53° 37' 38" .2 N. 

 Director: "? 



Senftenberg, Germany, 



Stermcarte. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 1'' 5'" 50^6 E. 

 Latitude, 50° 5' 10".l N. 

 Director: ■ ? 



