ASTRONOMICAL OBSEllVATORIES. 431 



Coiuinoiiced in 1818 at the expense of a society, rermaiiently organ- 

 ized with the help of a public subscription, of one subsidy from the 

 University and another from the State. In 18G2 a special hall was 

 added for an equatorial, which has an aperture of 9 inches: (0.23'"). 



GOHLIS (NEAR LEirZlG), SAXONY. 



I. Frivatc Siermcarte. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 49'" 28.0^ E. 

 Latitude, 51° 21' 42.3" N. 



Authority for longitude and latitude : Prof. C. 0. Bruhns. 

 Proprietor : August Auerbacii. 

 Observatory was built in 1861-'G2. 



II. Private Stcrnivartc. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 49'" 29.05'^ E. 



Latitude, 51^ 21' 35" N. 



Authority for longitude and latitude: A. LANCASTER, Liste Geuerale 



des Observatoires et Astronomes, 1887. 

 Proprietor: W. ^Vinkler. 



GoTHA, Germany. 



Sternioarte. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 42'" 50.5G8 E. 

 Latitude, 50^ 5G' 37.5" N. 

 Directors: E. X. von Zach, 1787. 



B. A. VON LiNDENAU, 1808. 



J. F. Encke, 1817. 

 r. A. Hansen, 1825. 

 A. KRtJGER, 187G. 

 L. DE Ball (ad interim). 

 H. Seeliger, 1881. 

 Dr. E. Becker. 



The first observatory was erected in 1784, on the "Seeeerg," 1:^ 

 miles (two kilometers) from the town. In 1853 a new observatory was 

 built in the " Jiigerstrasse," not far from the ducal i)alace. 



Gottingen, Prussia. 



Konigliclie Stern warte. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 39'" 4G.4" E. 



Latitude, 51° 31' 7.9" N. 



Authority for longitude and latitude : Berliner Jahrbucb. 



