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Rosse Telescope [select site]

Largest telescope in the world from 1845 until 1917, and used by the Earl of Rosse to show that galaxies were made up of individual stars

CountryIreland
Latitude53° 05' 48.50" N
Longitude07° 55' 02.60" W
Elevation54m
Other namesLeviathan of Parsonstown
Light pollutionbad (8/14)
Light pollution history2006: bad (7/14)
2016: bad (7/14)
2020: bad (7/14)
2022: bad (8/14)
2024: bad (8/14)
Limiting magnitude6.1
 
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