Stonyhurst Observatory, Scientific observatory at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire, England.
The observatory contains meteorological instruments and weather monitoring equipment within a Victorian structure located on the college grounds.
Established in 1838 and rebuilt in 1866, the facility maintains temperature records that began in 1846, representing the longest continuous daily measurements worldwide.
The observatory developed the Stonyhurst System of heliographic coordinates for mapping features on the solar surface during the nineteenth century.
The Met Office incorporates data from this station into central England temperature measurements, with regular adjustments for urban temperature influences.
Scientists at this location created transparent Stonyhurst disks to track and measure the movement of sunspots across the solar surface.
Website: https://stonyhurst.ac.uk
GPS coordinates: 53.80000,-2.50000
Latest update: March 5, 2025 22:57
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