Lohrmann observatory

The Lohrmann Observatory is an astronomical observatory at the Dresden University of Technology in Dresden, Germany. Founded by Bernhard Pattenhausen in 1913, it is housed in the upper tower of the Beyer Building on the southern border of the TU Dresden campus, one of the earliest high-rise buildings in Germany. The observatory is named after the Dresden astronomer and cartographer Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann, who produced some of the most detailed maps of the Moon in the 19th century. The observatory's research has focused on geodetic astronomy, celestial mechanics, and astrometry. Its main instrument is a 30 cm Heyde refracting telescope with a 500 cm focal length, the largest telescope in Saxony. The observatory also houses a 24-seat planetarium and a collection of historical astronomical-geodetic instruments. A field observatory was operated at Triebenberg, the highest point in Dresden, from 2007 until its closure in 2017. The observatory is assigned code 040 by the International Astronomical Union.

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