March 31st, 2008

Beijing Ancient Observatory

Posted in digressions, observatories, planetaria by Heidi

The Beijing Observatory is a pretelescopic observatory in Beijing, China, and is one of the oldest observatories in the world. The tools used were built in 1442 during the Ming Dynasty. It has a number of bronze instruments, including a celestial globe. More info.

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