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    The Teylers astronomical observatory (Dutch: Teylers Sterrenwacht) is an astronomical observatory built in 1784 on the roof of the Oval Room of the Teylers...
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    Jacobus Barnaart (category Directors of Teylers Stichting)
    Teylers Museum and the Teylers societies. Barnaart's interest in astronomy led to his setting up an astronomical observatory on top of the Oval Room...
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    Leendert Viervant the Younger (category Teylers Museum)
    by the Teylers Stichting to design the Oval Room, the Teylers astronomical observatory and a significant part of the interior of the Teylers Museum (works...
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    gallery of books that connects to the Teylers Library. On top of the room, on the roof, the astronomical observatory used to be a landmark that could be...
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    Volkert Simon Maarten van der Willigen (category Teylers Museum)
    abolished in 1864, he was appointed conservator of the Physical Cabinet of the Teylers Museum in Haarlem where Jacob Gijsbertus Samuël van Breda had resigned...
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  • the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my...
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    [clarification needed] In 1854, he founded C. A. Steinheil & Söhne, an optical-astronomical company. The company built telescopes, spectroscopes and photometers...
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    It was discovered by Gerard Kuiper on 16 February 1948 at McDonald Observatory. Nereid, also known as Neptune II, is the third-largest moon of Neptune...
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