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Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Royal_Observatory,_Cape_of_Good_Hope
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
astronomer
gptkbp:address
gptkb:Observatory,_Cape_Town
gptkbp:buildingType
astronomer
gptkbp:country
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:firstDirector
gptkb:Fearon_Fallows
gptkbp:founded
1820
gptkbp:founder
gptkb:British_Admiralty
gptkbp:heritageStatus
gptkb:South_African_National_Heritage_Site
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope
gptkbp:latitude
-33.9347
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Cape_Town
gptkbp:longitude
18.4775
gptkbp:mergedInto
gptkb:South_African_Astronomical_Observatory
1972
gptkbp:notableDirector
gptkb:Harold_Spencer_Jones
gptkb:Sir_John_Herschel
gptkb:Sydney_Samuel_Hough
gptkb:David_Gill
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Cape_Photographic_Durchmusterung
measurement of the arc of the meridian
gptkbp:notableFinds
gptkb:Proxima_Centauri
gptkbp:notableFor
gptkb:6-inch_Refractor
gptkb:Maclear's_Circle
gptkbp:notablePerson
gptkb:Thomas_Maclear
gptkb:William_Henry_Finlay
gptkb:Robert_T._A._Innes
gptkbp:notablePublication
gptkb:Cape_Photographic_Durchmusterung_catalogue
gptkbp:openToPublic
limited
gptkbp:parentOrganization
gptkb:South_African_Astronomical_Observatory
gptkb:British_Admiralty
gptkbp:purpose
astronomical research
gptkbp:status
historic observatory
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Her_Majesty's_Astronomer_at_the_Cape_of_Good_Hope
gptkb:Astronomical_Observatory
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6