REPORTS OF ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES. 72.') 



Santiago, Chile. 

 Observatorio Nacional. . 



Longitude from Greeuwicli, 4^' 42'" 42^4 W. 



Latitude, 33° 26' 42'' S. 



Directors : E. G. ^[aesta, 1852 ; 

 J. I. Vergara, 1861. 



Proposed in 1852. The iiistrunionts and hnildiufis wliicli had hoon 

 used for the temporary Kaval 01)scrvatory of the United tStates at Hanta 

 Lucia, under Lieutenant Gilliss, were purcliased as a beginning, and 

 in 185C tlie construction of a permanent Observatory was undertaken, 

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

 ment has been added to gradually since 1859. 



St. Petersburg, Russia. 



Observatoria Al-ademii ^^auJ:. {Ohscrratorij of the Academy of Sciences.) 



Longitude from Greenwich, 2'' !■" 13^5 E. 

 Latitude, 59° 50' 29".7 K 

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



P. Inschodzow, 1768 j 



E. Barry, 1794; 



Y. WiSNICROSKY, 1811; 

 A. Sawitsch, 1856. 

 Founded in 1747. 



ScnwERiN, Germany. 

 Siernicarte. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 45'" 40«.7 E. 

 Latitude, 53° 37' 38".2 X. 

 Dir£ctor: ■'I 



Senftenberg, Germany. 

 Stermcarte. 



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

 Latitude, 50° 5' lO'M is\ 

 Director: -^ 



