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Stratton, F.J.M. "The History of the Cambridge Observatories" Annals of the Solar Physics Observatory, Cambridge Vol. I (1949)
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This article about a specific observatory, telescope or astronomical instrument is a
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Hurn, M. "An English astronomical library: the case of the Cambridge Observatory"
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was based in Cambridge in Greenwich House, just to the north of the Observatory.
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Brück, H. A. (1979). "Hugh Ernest Butler, 1916 December 27 - 1978 May 10".
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is the main entrance to the Cambridge Observatory building
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Faculty of Physics and Chemistry, University of Cambridge
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There are a set of optical telescopes at the site on the
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Buildings and structures of the University of Cambridge
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List of largest optical telescopes in the British Isles
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The Observatory, Vol. 124, No. 1178, pp. 37-46 (2004)
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Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society
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University of Cambridge
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Observatory code
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Cambridgeshire
East of England
Coordinates
52°12′49″N 0°05′40″E / 52.2135°N 0.0944°E / 52.2135; 0.0944
Cambridge Observatory is located in the United Kingdom

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