Madras Observatory

Summary

Madras Observatory is an astronomical observatory^[1]. It draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_observatory category, ranking #52 of 345).^[2]

Key Facts

• Madras Observatory is located in Chennai^[3].
• Madras Observatory is in the country of India^[4].
• Madras Observatory's image is recorded as Madras Observatory 1880.jpg^[5].
• Madras Observatory's instance of is recorded as astronomical observatory^[6].
• Madras Observatory's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131947749^[7].
• Madras Observatory's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n87801174^[8].
• Madras Observatory's Commons category is recorded as Madras Observatory^[9].
• +1786-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Madras Observatory^[10].
• Madras Observatory's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 13.06805556, 'lon': 80.24666667}^[11].
• Madras Observatory's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g55j4^[12].
• Madras Observatory's Minor Planet Center observatory code is recorded as 223^[13].
• Madras Observatory's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["AstronomicalObservatory", "Madras"]^[14].
• Madras Observatory's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/1ec0b612-f602-4de4-b696-9263b7011be5^[15].

Body

Founding

+1786-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Madras Observatory^[10].

Why It Matters

Madras Observatory draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_observatory category, ranking #52 of 345).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16]