Observatoire de Saint-Pétersbourg, Astronomical observatory in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
The observatory occupies the upper floors of the Kunstkamera building, rising 10 meters above ground level near the Neva River.
Peter the Great visited Greenwich Observatory in 1698 and subsequently founded the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences with its observatory in 1724.
The observatory accumulated numerous scientific instruments, including telescopes, sextants, pendulums, and globes, documented by Johann Friedrich Weidler in 1738.
The facility coordinated geographical expeditions across the Russian Empire, contributing to territorial exploration and astronomical measurements in Siberia.
French astronomer Joseph-Nicolas Delisle arrived in 1726 to lead the observatory, bringing his brother and an artist named Vignon.
Elevation above the sea: 10 m
Website: http://kunstkamera.ru/exposition/4floor
GPS coordinates: 59.94167,30.30444
Latest update: March 3, 2025 00:41
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