Neil Armstrong Observatory

The Neil Armstrong Observatory was completed March 1, 2014, making the only country in Latin America with an astronomical observatory reserved for use by scholars.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Building
  • Description: school astronomical observatory of the Universal School Pierre and Marie Curie in District V, Managua municipality, Managua Department, Nicaragua, named after Neil Armstrong
  • Also known as: “NAO” and “Neil Armstrong Astronomical Observatory”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lincoln International Academy.

School
is located in , . It is a Catholic private school. This school that was founded in 1995. It is one of the few schools in Nicaragua that offer bilingual education. is situated 550 metres south of Neil Armstrong Observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ticuantepe and Managua.

Town
, is a town and a municipality in the Managua department of with an estimated population of 39,012. The municipality is named after the Nahua chiefdom of Tekwantepek which was located in the modern municipality of and the surrounding area. is situated 8 km south of Neil Armstrong Observatory.

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is the capital and largest city of . A city that saw the death of Sandino, the rise of the Somozas, and their fall from power at the hand of the Sandinistas, is full of history and the closest thing to a metropolis Nicaragua has.

Neil Armstrong Observatory

Latitude
12.09091° or 12° 5′ 27″ north
Longitude
-86.22274° or 86° 13′ 22″ west
Open location code
764M3QRG+9W
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Wiki­data ID
Q20656095
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zulu—“Neil Armstrong Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Observatorium Astronomi Neil Armstrong”
  • Achinese: “Observatorium Neil Armstrong”
  • Afrikaans: “Neil Armstrong Astronomiese Sterrewag”
  • Afrikaans: “Neil Armstrong-sterrewag”
  • Albanian: “Observatori Astronomik Neil Armstrong”
  • Albanian: “Observatori Neil Armstrong”
  • Amharic: “የኒል አርምስትሮንግ አስትሮኖሚ ምልከታ”
  • Amharic: “የኒል አርምስትሮንግ የሥነ ፈለክ ምልከታ”
  • Arabic: “مرصد نيل أرمسترونغ الفلكي”
  • Arabic: “مرصد نيل أرمسترونغ”
  • Aragonese: “Observatorio Astronomico Neil Armstrong”
  • Aragonese: “Observatorio Neil Armstrong”
  • Armenian: “Նիլ Արմսթրոնգի աստղագիտական աստղադիտարան”
  • Armenian: “Նիլ Արմսթրոնգի աստղադիտարան”
  • Asturian: “Observatoriu Astronómicu Neil Armstrong”
  • Asturian: “Observatoriu Neil Armstrong”
  • Azerbaijani: “Neil Armstronq Astronomik Rəsədxanası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Neil Armstronq Rəsədxanası”
  • Bashkir: “Нил Армстронг астрономия обсерваторияһы”
  • Bashkir: “Нил Армстронг обсерваторияһы”
  • Basque: “Neil Armstrong Behatoki Astronomikoa”
  • Basque: “Neil Armstrong Behatokia”
  • Bavarian: “Astronomische Neil-Armstrong-Sternwartn”
  • Bavarian: “Neil-Armstrong-Sternwartn”
  • Belarusian: “Абсерваторыя Ніла Армстранга”
  • Belarusian: “Астранамічная абсерваторыя Ніла Армстранга”
  • Bengali: “নীল আর্মস্ট্রং জ্যোতির্বৈজ্ঞানিক মানমন্দির”
  • Bengali: “নীল আর্মস্ট্রং মানমন্দির”
  • Bhojpuri: “नील आर्मस्ट्रॉन्ग खगोलीय वेधशाला”
  • Bhojpuri: “नील आर्मस्ट्रॉन्ग वेधशाला”
  • Bosnian: “Astronomski opservatorij Neil Armstrong”
  • Bosnian: “Opservatorij Neil Armstrong”
  • Breton: “Arsellva Neil Armstrong”
  • Breton: “Arsellva steredoniel Neil Armstrong”
  • Buginese: “Observatorium Astronomi Neil Armstrong”
  • Buginese: “Observatorium Neil Armstrong”
  • Bulgarian: “Астрономическа обсерватория „Нийл Армстронг“”
  • Bulgarian: “Обсерватория „Нийл Армстронг“”
  • Burmese: “နီးလ် အမ်းစထရောင်း နက္ခတ္တဗေဒ စောင့်ကြည့်ရေးဌာန”
  • Burmese: “နီးလ် အမ်းစထရောင်း နက္ခတ်ကြည့်တိုက်”
  • Catalan: “Observatori Astronòmic Neil Armstrong”
  • Catalan: “Observatori Neil Armstrong”
  • Cebuano: “Neil Armstrong Astronomical Observatory”
  • Cebuano: “Neil Armstrong Observatory”
  • Central Bikol: “Astronomikong Obserbatoryo Neil Armstrong”
  • Central Bikol: “Obserbatoryo Neil Armstrong”
  • Chinese: “尼尔·阿姆斯特朗天文台”
  • Chinese: “尼尔·阿姆斯特朗天文观测站”
  • Chinese: “尼爾·阿姆斯壯天文台”
  • Chinese: “尼爾·阿姆斯壯天文觀測站”
  • Chuvash: “Нил Армстронг астрономи обсерваторийӗ”
  • Chuvash: “Нил Армстронг обсерваторийӗ”
  • Corsican: “Osservatoriu Astronomicu Neil Armstrong”
  • Corsican: “Osservatoriu Neil Armstrong”
  • Croatian: “Astronomska zvjezdarnica Neil Armstrong”
  • Croatian: “Zvjezdarnica Neil Armstrong”
  • Czech: “Astronomická observatoř Neila Armstronga”
  • Czech: “Observatoř Neila Armstronga”
  • Danish: “Neil Armstrong astronomiske observatorium”
  • Danish: “Neil Armstrong-observatoriet”
  • Dhivehi: “ނީލް އާމްސްޓްރޯންގ އެސްޓްރޮނޮމީ އޮބްޒަރވެޓަރީ”
  • Dhivehi: “ނީލް އާމްސްޓްރޯންގ އޮބްޒަރވެޓަރީ”
  • Dutch: “Neil Armstrong Astronomisch Observatorium”
  • Dutch: “Neil Armstrong-observatorium”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المرصد الفلكي لنيل أرمسترونج”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد نيل أرمسترونج”
  • Esperanto: “Astronomia Observatorio Neil Armstrong”
  • Esperanto: “Observatorio Neil Armstrong”
  • Estonian: “Neil Armstrongi astronoomiaobservatoorium”
  • Estonian: “Neil Armstrongi observatoorium”
  • Faroese: “Neil Armstrong astronomiska stjørnustøðin”
  • Faroese: “Neil Armstrong-stjørnustøðin”
  • Finnish: “Neil Armstrongin observatorio”
  • Finnish: “Neil Armstrongin tähtitieteellinen observatorio”
  • French: “Observatoire astronomique Neil Armstrong”
  • French: “Observatoire Neil Armstrong”
  • Galician: “Observatorio Astronómico Neil Armstrong”
  • Galician: “Observatorio Neil Armstrong”
  • Georgian: “ნილ არმსტრონგის ასტრონომიული ობსერვატორია”
  • Georgian: “ნილ არმსტრონგის ობსერვატორია”
  • German: “Astronomisches Neil-Armstrong-Observatorium”
  • German: “Neil-Armstrong-Observatorium”
  • Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο Νιλ Άρμστρονγκ”
  • Greek: “Αστρονομικό Αστεροσκοπείο Νιλ Άρμστρονγκ”
  • Guarani: “Neil Armstrong mba’ehechaha arapyre rehegua”
  • Guarani: “Neil Armstrong mba’ehechaha yvagapegua”
  • Gujarati: “નીલ આર્મસ્ટ્રોંગ ખગોળીય વેધશાળા”
  • Gujarati: “નીલ આર્મસ્ટ્રોંગ વેધશાળા”
  • Haitian: “Obsèvatwa Astwonomik Neil Armstrong”
  • Haitian: “Obsèvatwa Neil Armstrong”
  • Hausa: “Cibiyar Astronomiya ta Neil Armstrong”
  • Hausa: “Cibiyar Kallon Taurari ta Neil Armstrong”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים ניל ארמסטרונג”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה ניל ארמסטרונג”
  • Hindi: “नील आर्मस्ट्रॉन्ग खगोलीय वेधशाला”
  • Hindi: “नील आर्मस्ट्रॉन्ग वेधशाला”
  • Hungarian: “Neil Armstrong Csillagászati Obszervatórium”
  • Hungarian: “Neil Armstrong Obszervatórium”
  • Icelandic: “Neil Armstrong stjarnfræðistöðin”
  • Icelandic: “Neil Armstrong-stjörnustöðin”
  • Igbo: “Neil Armstrong Astronomical Observatory”
  • Igbo: “Neil Armstrong Observatory”
  • Iloko: “Neil Armstrong Astronomical Observatory”
  • Iloko: “Neil Armstrong Observatory”
  • Indonesian: “Observatorium Astronomi Neil Armstrong”
  • Indonesian: “Observatorium Neil Armstrong”
  • Irish: “Réadlann Neil Armstrong”
  • Irish: “Réadlann Réalteolaíoch Neil Armstrong”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio Astronomico Neil Armstrong”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio Neil Armstrong”
  • Japanese: “ニール・アームストロング天文台”
  • Japanese: “ニール・アームストロング天文観測所”
  • Javanese: “Observatorium Astronomi Neil Armstrong”
  • Javanese: “Observatorium Neil Armstrong”
  • Kannada: “ನೀಲ್ ಆರ್ಮ್‌ಸ್ಟ್ರಾಂಗ್ ಖಗೋಳ ವೀಕ್ಷಣಾಲಯ”
  • Kannada: “ನೀಲ್ ಆರ್ಮ್‌ಸ್ಟ್ರಾಂಗ್ ವೀಕ್ಷಣಾಲಯ”
  • Kazakh: “Нил Армстронг астрономиялық обсерваториясы”
  • Kazakh: “Нил Армстронг обсерваториясы”
  • Khmer: “ស្ថានីយអង្កេតតារាសាស្ត្រ នីល អាមស្ត្រង”
  • Khmer: “អង្កេតការណ៍តារាសាស្ត្រ នីល អាមស្ត្រង”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Observatoire Neil Armstrong”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Observatoire y’Ubumenyi bw’Inyenyeri Neil Armstrong”
  • Kirghiz: “Нил Армстронг астрономиялык обсерваториясы”
  • Kirghiz: “Нил Армстронг обсерваториясы”
  • Korean: “닐 암스트롱 천문관측소”
  • Korean: “닐 암스트롱 천문대”
  • Kurdish: “Çavdêrxaneya Astronomî ya Neil Armstrong”
  • Kurdish: “Çavdêrxaneya Neil Armstrong”
  • Lao: “ຫໍສັງເກດການ ນີລ ອາມສະຕຣອງ”
  • Lao: “ຫໍສັງເກດດາລາສາດ ນີລ ອາມສະຕຣອງ”
  • Latin: “Observatorium Astronomicum Neil Armstrong”
  • Latin: “Observatorium Neil Armstrong”
  • Latvian: “Nīla Ārmstronga astronomiskā observatorija”
  • Latvian: “Nīla Ārmstronga observatorija”
  • Lithuanian: “Neilo Armstrongo astronomijos observatorija”
  • Lithuanian: “Neilo Armstrongo observatorija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Neil-Armstrong-Astronomieobservatoire”
  • Luxembourgish: “Neil-Armstrong-Observatoire”
  • Macedonian: “Астрономска опсерваторија „Нил Армстронг“”
  • Macedonian: “Опсерваторија „Нил Армстронг“”
  • Malagasy: “Observatoire Astronomique Neil Armstrong”
  • Malagasy: “Observatoire Neil Armstrong”
  • Malay: “Balai Cerap Astronomi Neil Armstrong”
  • Malay: “Balai Cerap Neil Armstrong”
  • Malayalam: “നീൽ ആംസ്‌ട്രോങ് ജ്യോതിശാസ്ത്ര നിരീക്ഷണാലയം”
  • Malayalam: “നീൽ ആംസ്‌ട്രോങ് നിരീക്ഷണാലയം”
  • Maltese: “Osservatorju Astronomiku Neil Armstrong”
  • Maltese: “Osservatorju Neil Armstrong”
  • Maori: “Te Tirohanga Arorangi Neil Armstrong”
  • Maori: “Te Tirohanga Whetū Neil Armstrong”
  • Marathi: “नील आर्मस्ट्राँग खगोलशास्त्रीय वेधशाळा”
  • Marathi: “नील आर्मस्ट्राँग वेधशाळा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Neil Armstrong Thian-bûn Koan-chhek-tâi”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Neil Armstrong Thian-bûn-tâi”
  • Mongolian: “Нил Армстронгийн одон орны оргил”
  • Mongolian: “Нил Армстронгийн одон орон судлалын ажиглалтын төв”
  • Nepali: “नील आर्मस्ट्रङ खगोलीय वेधशाला”
  • Nepali: “नील आर्मस्ट्रङ वेधशाला”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Neil Armstrong astronomiske observatorium”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Neil Armstrong-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian: “Neil Armstrong astronomiske observatorium”
  • Norwegian: “Neil Armstrong-observatoriet”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Observatòri Astronomic Neil Armstrong”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Observatòri Neil Armstrong”
  • Oriya: “ନୀଲ ଆର୍ମଷ୍ଟ୍ରଙ୍ଗ ଖଗୋଳୀୟ ବେଧଶାଳା”
  • Oriya: “ନୀଲ ଆର୍ମଷ୍ଟ୍ରଙ୍ଗ ବେଧଶାଳା”
  • Oromo: “Mana Ilaalcha Astiroonomii Neil Armstrong”
  • Oromo: “Mana Ilaalcha Neil Armstrong”
  • Panjabi: “ਨੀਲ ਆਰਮਸਟ੍ਰਾਂਗ ਖਗੋਲੀ ਵੇਧਸ਼ਾਲਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਨੀਲ ਆਰਮਸਟ੍ਰਾਂਗ ਵੇਧਸ਼ਾਲਾ”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه نجومی نیل آرمسترانگ”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه نیل آرمسترانگ”
  • Polish: “Obserwatorium Astronomiczne Neila Armstronga”
  • Polish: “Obserwatorium Neila Armstronga”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório Astronômico Neil Armstrong”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório Neil Armstrong”
  • Pushto: “د نیل آرمسټرانګ څارځای”
  • Pushto: “د نیل آرمسټرانګ ستورپوهنیز څارځای”
  • Quechua: “Neil Armstrong ch’aska qhawana wasi”
  • Quechua: “Neil Armstrong hanaq pacha qhawana wasi”
  • Romanian: “Observatorul Astronomic Neil Armstrong”
  • Romanian: “Observatorul Neil Armstrong”
  • Russian: “Астрономическая обсерватория Нила Армстронга”
  • Russian: “Обсерватория Нила Армстронга”
  • Sardinian: “Osservatòriu Astronòmicu Neil Armstrong”
  • Sardinian: “Osservatòriu Neil Armstrong”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Amharclann Neil Armstrong”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Amharclann Reul-eòlais Neil Armstrong”
  • Serbian: “Астрономска опсерваторија Нил Армстронг”
  • Serbian: “Опсерваторија Нил Армстронг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Astronomski opservatorij Neil Armstrong”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opservatorij Neil Armstrong”
  • Shona: “Neil Armstrong Astronomical Observatory”
  • Shona: “Neil Armstrong Observatory”
  • Sicilian: “Osservatoriu Astronòmicu Neil Armstrong”
  • Sicilian: “Osservatoriu Neil Armstrong”
  • Sindhi: “نيل آرمسٽرانگ آبزرويٽري”
  • Sindhi: “نيل آرمسٽرانگ فلڪياتي آبزرويٽري”
  • Sinhala: “නීල් ආම්ස්ට්‍රෝං තාරකා විද්‍යා නිරීක්ෂණාගාරය”
  • Sinhala: “නීල් ආම්ස්ට්‍රෝං නිරීක්ෂණාගාරය”
  • Slovak: “Astronomické observatórium Neila Armstronga”
  • Slovak: “Observatórium Neila Armstronga”
  • Slovenian: “Astronomski observatorij Neila Armstronga”
  • Slovenian: “Observatorij Neila Armstronga”
  • Somali: “Kormeeraha Neil Armstrong”
  • Somali: “Kormeeraha Xiddigiska Neil Armstrong”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Neil Armstrong”
  • Sundanese: “Observatorium Astronomi Neil Armstrong”
  • Sundanese: “Observatorium Neil Armstrong”
  • Swahili: “Kituo cha Astronomia cha Neil Armstrong”
  • Swahili: “Kituo cha Uangalizi cha Neil Armstrong”
  • Swedish: “Neil Armstrong-observatoriet”
  • Swedish: “Neil Armstrongs astronomiska observatorium”
  • Tagalog: “Astronomikong Obserbatoryong Neil Armstrong”
  • Tagalog: “Obserbatoryong Neil Armstrong”
  • Tajik: “Расадхонаи астрономии Нил Армстронг”
  • Tajik: “Расадхонаи Нил Армстронг”
  • Tamil: “நீல் ஆம்ஸ்ட்ராங் வானியல் வான்காணகம்”
  • Tamil: “நீல் ஆம்ஸ்ட்ராங் வான்காணகம்”
  • Tatar: “Нил Армстронг астрономия обсерваториясе”
  • Tatar: “Нил Армстронг обсерваториясе”
  • Telugu: “నీల్ ఆర్మ్‌స్ట్రాంగ్ ఖగోళ పరిశీలనశాల”
  • Telugu: “నీల్ ఆర్మ్‌స్ట్రాంగ్ పరిశీలనశాల”
  • Thai: “หอดูดาวดาราศาสตร์นีล อาร์มสตรอง”
  • Thai: “หอดูดาวนีล อาร์มสตรอง”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Astronomischi Neil-Armstrong-Sternwarte”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Neil-Armstrong-Sternwarte”
  • Turkish: “Neil Armstrong Astronomi Gözlemevi”
  • Turkish: “Neil Armstrong Gözlemevi”
  • Turkmen: “Neil Armstrong astronomiýa obserwatoriýasy”
  • Turkmen: “Neil Armstrong obserwatoriýasy”
  • Ukrainian: “Астрономічна обсерваторія Ніла Армстронга”
  • Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія Ніла Армстронга”
  • Urdu: “نیل آرمسٹرانگ آبزرویٹری”
  • Urdu: “نیل آرمسٹرانگ فلکیاتی آبزرویٹری”
  • Uzbek: “Neil Armstrong astronomik rasadxonasi”
  • Uzbek: “Neil Armstrong rasadxonasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài quan sát Neil Armstrong”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài quan sát thiên văn Neil Armstrong”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Neil Armstrong Astronomical Observatory”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Neil Armstrong Observatory”
  • Welsh: “Arsyllfa Neil Armstrong”
  • Welsh: “Arsyllfa Seryddol Neil Armstrong”
  • Western Frisian: “Neil Armstrong astronomysk observatoarium”
  • Western Frisian: “Neil Armstrong-observatoarium”
  • Western Panjabi: “نیل آرمسٹرانگ آبزرویٹری”
  • Western Panjabi: “نیل آرمسٹرانگ فلکیاتی آبزرویٹری”
  • Wolof: “Observatoire Astronomique Neil Armstrong”
  • Wolof: “Observatoire Neil Armstrong”
  • Xhosa: “I-Observatory kaNeil Armstrong”
  • Xhosa: “I-Observatory yeNkwenkwezi kaNeil Armstrong”
  • Yakut: “Нил Армстронг астрономия обсерваторията”
  • Yakut: “Нил Армстронг обсерваторията”
  • Yiddish: “ניל אַרמסטראָנג אָבסערוואַטאָריע”
  • Yiddish: “ניל אַרמסטראָנג אַסטראָנאָמישע אָבסערוואַטאָריע”
  • Yoruba: “Ilé Àkíyèsí Awòràwọ̀ Neil Armstrong”
  • Yoruba: “Ilé Àkíyèsí Neil Armstrong”
  • Yue Chinese: “尼爾·岩士唐天文台”
  • Yue Chinese: “尼爾·岩士唐天文觀測站”
  • Zulu: “INdawo Yezinkanyezi kaNeil Armstrong”
  • Zulu: “INdawo Yokubuka kaNeil Armstrong”
  • “Observatorio Neil Armstrong”

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