Østervold Observatory

Dome of the Østervold observatory

The Østervold Observatory (Danish formerly Københavns Universitets Astronomiske Observatorium ) in the Botanical Garden of Copenhagen is an astronomical observatory that belongs to the University of Copenhagen and was operated until 1953.

The observatory seen from Kongens Have Park .

Due to light pollution and vibrations from traffic, the preserved double telescope (36 cm refractor with a focal length of 4.9 m for optical observations and a 20 cm refractor with 4.8 m focal length for photographic recordings) no longer has any scientific significance. In 1953, the Brorfelde observatory south of Holbæk was therefore rebuilt.

Discovered asteroid : 8
(3312) Pedersen	September 24, 1984
(5165) Videnom	February 11, 1985
(5427) Jensmartin	May 13, 1986
(7743) 1986 YES	May 2, 1986
(8261) 1985 RD	September 11, 1985
1985 FE	March 27, 1985
(22282) 1985 RA	September 11, 1985
(24642) 1984 SA	September 22, 1984

The observatory has been in operation since 1861 and has the IAU code 035 . It was the successor to the Rundetårn observatory in Copenhagen.

Web links

Commons : Østervold Observatory  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Det Astronomiske Observatorium på Østervold Institut for Naturfagenes Didaktik (Danish)
• History of Copenhagen University Observatory (English)
• VDS-Journal, 19 page p. 66ff The old Copenhagen observatory (pdf; 11.7 MB)

Coordinates: 55 ° 41 ′ 12.8 "  N , 12 ° 34 ′ 33.3"  E