National Observatory of Athens
The National Observatory of Athens (NOA; ) is a research institute in Athens, Greece. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest research foundation in Greece. The Observatory was the first scientific research institute built after Greece became independent in 1829, and one of the oldest research institutes in Southern Europe. It was built around the same period as the United States Naval Observatory.World-renowned Greek-Austrian astronomer Georgios Konstantinos Vouris lobbied to create the National Observatory of Athens in the newly founded state. He persuaded wealthy Greek-Austrian banker Georgios Sinas to pay for the new massive observatory. The Austrian-born Greek King found out the news and awarded Georgios Sinas's son the Order of the Redeemer. The King also selected the architects for the building under Georgios Konstantinos Vouris's supervision. He chose Eduard Schaubert and Theophil Hansen.
The Athens observatory since its inception aided astronomers to conduct research in the field starting from Georgios Konstantinos Vouris's catalog for the complete determination of 1000 stars observed from Greece relative to the position of the Athens observatory. The second director Ioannis Papadakis used the facility to observe the Moons of Jupiter and Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt German-born Greek astronomer conducted countless observations and created a Moon map of the lunar surface from the Athens observatory.
After Schmidt, Demetrios Kokkidis briefly directed the observatory and expanded the existing weather stations adding Corfu, Zakynthos, and Larissa. By the early 1900s, Astronomer Demetrios Eginitis observed the rare phenomenon known as Halley's Comet from the Athens observatory and wrote about it in his article entitled ''Sur la Comète de Halley''. By the middle of the 20th century Stavros Plakidis continued the legacy of Greek astronomy at the observatory writing countless research papers and continuing his lifelong research on variable stars.
Eginitis and Plakidis allowed a young twenty-two-year-old astronomer named Jean Focas to assist them at the observatory. The young astronomer had no education in the field. After many years at the Athens observatory, later in life, he acquired a Ph.D. in the field of astronomy in Paris, and two craters are named after him for his extraordinary contribution to the field, one of the craters is the Focas (lunar crater).
Currently, the National Observatory of Athens operates in four distinct locations: the National Observatory of Athens main branch operates in Thiseio, Penteli Astronomical Station is located in Penteli, Kryoneri Astronomical Station is in the Northern Peloponnese region, on the top of Mount Kyllini and finally, the fourth and largest research infrastructure is the Chelmos Observatory located on top of mount Chelmos, near Kalavryta, southern Greece. Provided by Wikipedia
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23by Gialitaki, Anna, Tsekeri, Alexandra, Amiridis, Vassilis, Ceolato, Romain, Paulien, Lucas, Kampouri, Anna, Gkikas, Antonis, Solomos, Stavros, Marinou, Eleni, Haarig, Moritz, Baars, Holger, Ansmann, Albert, Lapyonok, Tatyana, Lopatin, Anton, Dubovik, Oleg, Gross, Silke, Wirth, Martin, Tsichla, Maria, Tsikoudi, Ioanna, Balis, DimitrisContributors: “...National Observatory of Athens (NOA)...”
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24by Gialitaki, Anna, Tsekeri, Alexandra, Amiridis, Vassilis, Ceolato, Romain, Paulien, Lucas, Kampouri, Anna, Gkikas, Antonis, Solomos, Stavros, Marinou, Eleni, Haarig, Moritz, Baars, Holger, Ansmann, Albert, Lapyonok, Tatyana, Lopatin, Anton, Dubovik, Oleg, Gross, Silke, Wirth, Martin, Tsichla, Maria, Tsikoudi, Ioanna, Balis, DimitrisContributors: “...National Observatory of Athens (NOA)...”
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25by Longo, Amelia F., Feng, Yan, Lai, Barry, Landing, William M., Shelley, Rachel U., Nenes, Athanasios, Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos, Violaki, Kalliopi, Ingall, Ellery D.Contributors: “...National Observatory of Athens (NOA)...”
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26by Longo, Amelia F., Feng, Yan, Lai, Barry, Landing, William M., Shelley, Rachel U., Nenes, Athanasios, Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos, Violaki, Kalliopi, Ingall, Ellery D.Contributors: “...National Observatory of Athens (NOA)...”
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27by Ito, Akinori, Myriokefalitakis, Stelios, Kanakidou, Maria, Mahowald, Natalie, Scanza, Rachel, Hamilton, Douglas, Baker, Alex, Jickells, Timothy, Sarin, Manmohan, Bikkina, Srinivas, Gao, Yuan, Shelley, Rachel, Buck, Clifton, Landing, William, Bowie, Andrew, Perron, Morgane, Guieu, Cécile, Meskhidze, Nicholas, Johnson, Matthew, Feng, Yan, Kok, Jasper, Nenes, Athanasios, Duce, RobertContributors: “...National Observatory of Athens (NOA)...”
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29by Longo, Amelia F., Feng, Yan, Lai, Barry, Landing, William M., Shelley, Rachel U., Nenes, Athanasios, Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos, Violaki, Kalliopi, Ingall, Ellery D.Contributors: “...National Observatory of Athens (NOA)...”
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30by Longo, Amelia F., Feng, Yan, Lai, Barry, Landing, William M., Shelley, Rachel U., Nenes, Athanasios, Mihalopoulos, Nikolaos, Violaki, Kalliopi, Ingall, Ellery D.Contributors: “...National Observatory of Athens (NOA)...”
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31by Ito, Akinori, Myriokefalitakis, Stelios, Kanakidou, Maria, Mahowald, Natalie, Scanza, Rachel, Hamilton, Douglas, Baker, Alex, Jickells, Timothy, D, Sarin, Manmohan, Bikkina, Srinivas, Gao, Yuan, Shelley, Rachel, Buck, Clifton, Landing, William, Bowie, Andrew, R., Perron, Morgane, Guieu, Cécile, Meskhidze, Nicholas, Johnson, Matthew, Feng, Yan, Kok, Jasper, Nenes, Athanasios, Duce, RobertContributors: “...National Observatory of Athens (NOA)...”
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32by Ito, Akinori, Myriokefalitakis, Stelios, Kanakidou, Maria, Mahowald, Natalie, Scanza, Rachel, Hamilton, Douglas, Baker, Alex, Jickells, Timothy, D, Sarin, Manmohan, Bikkina, Srinivas, Gao, Yuan, Shelley, Rachel, Buck, Clifton, Landing, William, Bowie, Andrew, R., Perron, Morgane, Guieu, Cécile, Meskhidze, Nicholas, Johnson, Matthew, Feng, Yan, Kok, Jasper, Nenes, Athanasios, Duce, RobertContributors: “...National Observatory of Athens (NOA)...”
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33by Ito, Akinori, Myriokefalitakis, Stelios, Kanakidou, Maria, Mahowald, Natalie, Scanza, Rachel, Hamilton, Douglas, Baker, Alex, Jickells, Timothy, D, Sarin, Manmohan, Bikkina, Srinivas, Gao, Yuan, Shelley, Rachel, Buck, Clifton, Landing, William, Bowie, Andrew, R., Perron, Morgane, Guieu, Cécile, Meskhidze, Nicholas, Johnson, Matthew, Feng, Yan, Kok, Jasper, Nenes, Athanasios, Duce, RobertContributors: “...National Observatory of Athens (NOA)...”
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34by Ito, Akinori, Myriokefalitakis, Stelios, Kanakidou, Maria, Mahowald, Natalie, Scanza, Rachel, Hamilton, Douglas, Baker, Alex, Jickells, Timothy, D, Sarin, Manmohan, Bikkina, Srinivas, Gao, Yuan, Shelley, Rachel, Buck, Clifton, Landing, William, Bowie, Andrew, R., Perron, Morgane, Guieu, Cécile, Meskhidze, Nicholas, Johnson, Matthew, Feng, Yan, Kok, Jasper, Nenes, Athanasios, Duce, RobertContributors: “...National Observatory of Athens (NOA)...”
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35by Petkov, Boyan, Vitale, Vito, Di Carlo, Piero, Drofa, Oxana, Mastrangelo, Daniele, Smedley, Andrew, Diémoz, Henri, Siani, Anna Maria, Fountoulakis, Ilias, Webb, Ann, Bais, Alkiviadis, Kift, Richard, Rimmer, John, Casale, Giuseppe Rocco, Hansen, Georg, Svendby, Tove, Pazmino, Andrea, Werner, Rolf, Atanassov, Atanas, Láska, Kamil, de Backer, Hugo, Mangold, Alexander, Köhler, Ulf, Velazco, Voltaire, Stübi, René, Solomatnikova, Anna, Pavlova, Kseniya, Sobolewski, Piotr, Johnsen, Bjørn, Goutail, Florence, Mišaga, Oliver, Aruffo, Eleonora, Metelka, Ladislav, Tóth, Zoltán, Fekete, Dénes, Aculinin, Alexandr, Lupi, Angelo, Mazzola, Mauro, Zardi, FedericoContributors: “...National Observatory of Athens (NOA)...”
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36by Petkov, Boyan, H., Vitale, Vito, Di Carlo, Piero, Drofa, Oxana, Mastrangelo, Daniele, Smedley, Andrew, R. D., Diémoz, Henri, Siani, Anna Maria, Fountoulakis, Ilias, Webb, Ann, R., Bais, Alkiviadis, Kift, Richard, Rimmer, John, Casale, Giuseppe Rocco, Hansen, Georg, Svendby, Tove, Pazmino, Andrea, Werner, Rolf, Atanassov, Atanas, Láska, Kamil, de Backer, Hugo, Mangold, Alexander, Köhler, Ulf, Velazco, Voltaire, Stübi, René, Solomatnikova, Anna, Pavlova, Kseniya, Sobolewski, Piotr, Johnsen, Bjørn, Goutail, Florence, Mišaga, Oliver, Aruffo, Eleonora, Metelka, Ladislav, Tóth, Zoltán, Fekete, Dénes, Aculinin, Alexandr, Lupi, Angelo, Mazzola, Mauro, Zardi, FedericoContributors: “...National Observatory of Athens (NOA)...”
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37by Petkov, Boyan, H., Vitale, Vito, Di Carlo, Piero, Drofa, Oxana, Mastrangelo, Daniele, Smedley, Andrew, R. D., Diémoz, Henri, Siani, Anna Maria, Fountoulakis, Ilias, Webb, Ann, R., Bais, Alkiviadis, Kift, Richard, Rimmer, John, Casale, Giuseppe Rocco, Hansen, Georg, Svendby, Tove, Pazmino, Andrea, Werner, Rolf, Atanassov, Atanas, Láska, Kamil, de Backer, Hugo, Mangold, Alexander, Köhler, Ulf, Velazco, Voltaire, Stübi, René, Solomatnikova, Anna, Pavlova, Kseniya, Sobolewski, Piotr, Johnsen, Bjørn, Goutail, Florence, Mišaga, Oliver, Aruffo, Eleonora, Metelka, Ladislav, Tóth, Zoltán, Fekete, Dénes, Aculinin, Alexandr, Lupi, Angelo, Mazzola, Mauro, Zardi, FedericoContributors: “...National Observatory of Athens (NOA)...”
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38by Petkov, Boyan, H., Vitale, Vito, Di Carlo, Piero, Drofa, Oxana, Mastrangelo, Daniele, Smedley, Andrew, R. D., Diémoz, Henri, Siani, Anna Maria, Fountoulakis, Ilias, Webb, Ann, R., Bais, Alkiviadis, Kift, Richard, Rimmer, John, Casale, Giuseppe Rocco, Hansen, Georg, Svendby, Tove, Pazmino, Andrea, Werner, Rolf, Atanassov, Atanas, Láska, Kamil, de Backer, Hugo, Mangold, Alexander, Köhler, Ulf, Velazco, Voltaire, Stübi, René, Solomatnikova, Anna, Pavlova, Kseniya, Sobolewski, Piotr, Johnsen, Bjørn, Goutail, Florence, Mišaga, Oliver, Aruffo, Eleonora, Metelka, Ladislav, Tóth, Zoltán, Fekete, Dénes, Aculinin, Alexandr, Lupi, Angelo, Mazzola, Mauro, Zardi, FedericoContributors: “...National Observatory of Athens (NOA)...”
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39by Petkov, Boyan, H., Vitale, Vito, Di Carlo, Piero, Drofa, Oxana, Mastrangelo, Daniele, Smedley, Andrew, R. D., Diémoz, Henri, Siani, Anna Maria, Fountoulakis, Ilias, Webb, Ann, R., Bais, Alkiviadis, Kift, Richard, Rimmer, John, Casale, Giuseppe Rocco, Hansen, Georg, Svendby, Tove, Pazmino, Andrea, Werner, Rolf, Atanassov, Atanas, Láska, Kamil, de Backer, Hugo, Mangold, Alexander, Köhler, Ulf, Velazco, Voltaire, Stübi, René, Solomatnikova, Anna, Pavlova, Kseniya, Sobolewski, Piotr, Johnsen, Bjørn, Goutail, Florence, Mišaga, Oliver, Aruffo, Eleonora, Metelka, Ladislav, Tóth, Zoltán, Fekete, Dénes, Aculinin, Alexandr, Lupi, Angelo, Mazzola, Mauro, Zardi, FedericoContributors: “...National Observatory of Athens (NOA)...”
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40by Petkov, Boyan, H., Vitale, Vito, Di Carlo, Piero, Drofa, Oxana, Mastrangelo, Daniele, Smedley, Andrew, R. D., Diémoz, Henri, Siani, Anna Maria, Fountoulakis, Ilias, Webb, Ann, R., Bais, Alkiviadis, Kift, Richard, Rimmer, John, Casale, Giuseppe Rocco, Hansen, Georg, Svendby, Tove, Pazmino, Andrea, Werner, Rolf, Atanassov, Atanas, Láska, Kamil, de Backer, Hugo, Mangold, Alexander, Köhler, Ulf, Velazco, Voltaire, Stübi, René, Solomatnikova, Anna, Pavlova, Kseniya, Sobolewski, Piotr, Johnsen, Bjørn, Goutail, Florence, Mišaga, Oliver, Aruffo, Eleonora, Metelka, Ladislav, Tóth, Zoltán, Fekete, Dénes, Aculinin, Alexandr, Lupi, Angelo, Mazzola, Mauro, Zardi, FedericoContributors: “...National Observatory of Athens (NOA)...”
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