Ulughbek Observatory
The Ulugh Beg Observatory is an observatory in modern day Samarkand, Uzbekistan, which was built in the 1420s by the Timurid astronomer Ulugh Beg. This school of astronomy was constructed under the Timurid Empire, and was the last of its kind from the Islamic Medieval period.
- Observatory
- Description: observatory in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, built in the 1420s
- Also known as“Ulug’bek rasadxonasi”“Ulugh Beg Observatory”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Prophet Daniel Mausoleum and Bibi Khanym.
Prophet Daniel Mausoleum
Place of worship
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Khoja Doniyor mausoleum is an architectural monument in Samarkand. Prophet Daniel Mausoleum is situated 1 km west of Ulughbek Observatory.
Bibi Khanym
Mosque
The Bibi-Khanym Mosque is one of the most important monuments of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Bibi Khanym is situated 2½ km southwest of Ulughbek Observatory.
Hazrat Khizr Mosque
Mosque
The Hazrat Khizr Mosque is a historical monument… Hazrat Khizr Mosque is situated 2½ km southwest of Ulughbek Observatory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jewish mahalla and Samarkand.
Jewish mahalla
Neighborhood
Jewish mahalla is a neighborhood, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Ulughbek Observatory.
Ulughbek Observatory
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Latitude
39.67506° or 39° 40′ 30″ north
Longitude
67.00534° or 67° 0′ 19″ east
Open location code
8JF9M2G4+24
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yakut—“Ulughbek Observatory” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مرصد ألغ بك”
- Arabic: “مرصد ألوك بيك”
- Arabic: “مرصد أولوغ بك”
- Armenian: “Ուլուգբեկի աստղադիտարան”
- Azerbaijani: “Uluqbəy rəsədxanası”
- Bashkir: “Олуғбәк обсерваторияһы”
- Belarusian: “Абсерваторыя Улугбека”
- Catalan: “Observatori astronòmic d’Ulugh Beg”
- Catalan: “Observatori d’Ulugh Beg”
- Chinese: “乌鲁伯格天文台”
- Chinese: “兀魯伯天文台”
- Chinese: “兀魯伯天文臺”
- Chinese: “兀鲁伯天文台”
- Chinese: “撒馬爾罕天文台”
- Chinese: “烏魯伯格天文台”
- Czech: “Ulugbegova observatoř”
- Dutch: “Ulugh Beg Observatory”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد اولوج بيك”
- Esperanto: “Observatorio de Ulug Beg”
- Estonian: “Ulugbeki observatoorium”
- French: “observatoire astronomique d’Ulugh Beg”
- French: “Observatoire astronomique d’Ulugh Beg”
- Georgian: “ულუღ ბეგის ობსერვატორია”
- German: “Ulug Begs Observatorium”
- German: “Ulugh Beg-Observatorium”
- Greek: “αστεροσκοπείο Ουλούγκ Μπεγκ”
- Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο του Ουλούγκ Μπεγκ”
- Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים אולוג בג”
- Hindi: “उलूग बेग वेधशाला”
- Hungarian: “Ulug Bég obszervatóriuma”
- Italian: “osservatorio di Ulugh Beg”
- Italian: “Osservatorio di Ulugh Beg”
- Japanese: “ウルグ・ベク天文台”
- Japanese: “ウルグベク天文台”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Uluǵbek observatoriyası”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Uluģbek observatoriyası”
- Kazakh: “Ұлықбек обсерваториясы”
- Kirghiz: “Улугбек обсерваториясы”
- Korean: “울루그벡 천문대”
- Persian: “رصدخانه الغبیگ”
- Portuguese: “Observatório de Ulugh Beg”
- Portuguese: “Observatório de Ulugue Begue”
- Romanian: “Observatorul astronomic Ulugh Beg”
- Russian: “Обсерватория Улугбека”
- Slovenian: “Ulugbegov observatorij”
- South Azerbaijani: “اولوغ بیگ رصدخاناسی”
- Spanish: “Observatorio de Ulugh Beg”
- Swedish: “Ulug Begs observatorium”
- Swedish: “Ulug Beks observatorium”
- Tajik: “Расадхонаи Улуғбек”
- Tatar: “Олугбәк обсерваториясе”
- Thai: “หอดูดาวอูลุฆ เบก”
- Turkish: “Uluğ Bey Rasathanesi”
- Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія Улугбека”
- Urdu: “الغ بیگ رصدگاہ”
- Urdu: “رصدگاہ الغ بیگ”
- Uzbek: “Ulugʻbek rasadxonasi”
- Western Panjabi: “الغ بیگ رصدگاہ”
- Yakut: “Улугбек обсерваторията”
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