Observatory

An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial, marine, or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geophysics, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed.^[1]

The term observatoire has been used in French since at least 1976 to denote any institution that compiles and presents data on a particular subject (such as public health observatory) or for a particular geographic area (European Audiovisual Observatory).

^ Udías, Agustín (2003). Searching the Heavens and the Earth, Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 3.

[1] Udías, Agustín (2003). Searching the Heavens and the Earth, Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 3.

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