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Kvistaberg Observatory

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Around 2004, Uppsala University decided to discontinue active research at the observatory. The property was sold to the municipality of Upplands-Bro, where Kvistaberg is situated. The domes and telescopes are now part of a museum, which was inaugurated in 2009.
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The observatory was the result of a donation in 1944 from Nils Tamm, an artist who had studied astronomy in his youth under
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in 1963, which is a large size for this type of telescope designed to give a wide field of view.
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at the observatory in Uppsala, the new observatory was fitted out with a large
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in Uppsala and remained an avid amateur astronomer throughout his life.
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had been discovered with the Schmidt telescope between 1975 and 2005.
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Uppsala University
Observatory code
049
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Bro
Sweden
Coordinates
59°30′06″N 17°36′24″E / 59.5016667°N 17.6066667°E / 59.5016667; 17.6066667
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Kvistaberg Observatory is located in Sweden

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obs. code
049
astronomical observatory
Uppsala Astronomical Observatory
Uppsala University
Uppsala
Stockholm
Schmidt telescope
Nils Christoffer Dunér
Östen Bergstrand
Åke Wallenquist
Gunnar Malmquist
Schmidt telescope
Tarmo Oja

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