Website www.ov.ufrj.br | Altitude 14 m (46 ft) Phone +55 21 2263-0685 | |
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Cooke 0.42 meter Cooke & Sons refractor Coudé 0.3 meter Zeiss Coudé reflector Similar Museu de Astronomia e Ciência, National Museum of Brazil, Red Beach, Hanging Garden of Valongo, Pico dos Dias Observatory | ||
The Valongo Observatory (Observatório do Valongo) is the astronomical observatory of the UFRJ. It is located on the top of the Conceição Hill, an old settlement in the downtown of Rio de Janeiro dating from the first centuries of the colonization of the city. The observatory hosts the Astronomy Undergraduation Course and the Astronomy Graduate School of this university.
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