Leviathan of Parsonstown

The Leviathan of Parsonstown, or Rosse six-foot telescope, is a historic reflecting telescope of 72 inches aperture, which was the largest telescope in the world from 1845 until the construction of the 100-inch Hooker Telescope in California in 1917.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: telescope
  • Also known as: “Great Rosse”, “Leviatan de Parsonstown”, “Leviathan de Parsonstown”, “Sześciostopowy teleskop Rosse’a”, “The Great Telescope ‘Leviathan’”, “利維坦望遠鏡”, and “帕森斯敦的利維坦”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Birr Castle and Marian Hall.

Castle
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is a castle in the town of in , Ireland.

Community center
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is a community center, which is situated 260 metres east of Leviathan of Parsonstown.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 470 metres east of Leviathan of Parsonstown.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birr and Riverstown.

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is a town in in the Midlands of Ireland, with a population of 4700 in 2022.

Village
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is a small village straddling the border…

Village
, sometimes spelt Crinkle, is a village in , , close to .

Leviathan of Parsonstown

Latitude
53.09682° or 53° 5′ 49″ north
Longitude
-7.91739° or 7° 55′ 3″ west
Open location code
9C5J33WM+P2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 42828652
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­telescope
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q459970
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Urdu—“Leviathan of Parsonstown” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Тэлескоп Роса”
  • Chinese: “帕森城的利維坦”
  • Chinese: “帕森城的利维坦”
  • Dutch: “Leviathan van Parsonstown”
  • Esperanto: “Levjatano de Parsonstown”
  • French: “Léviathan de Parsonstown”
  • German: “Leviathan”
  • Italian: “Leviatano di Parsonstow”
  • Italian: “Leviatano di Parsonstown”
  • Japanese: “パーソンズタウンのリヴァイアサン”
  • Luxembourgish: “Leviathan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Leviathan of Parsonstown-teleskopet”
  • Polish: “Teleskop Rosse’a”
  • Russian: “Левиафан”
  • Spanish: “Leviatán de Parsonstown”
  • Swedish: “Parsonstowns leviatan”
  • Ukrainian: “Левіафан”
  • Urdu: “لیوائیتھن آف پارسنز ٹاؤن”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Historic Science Centre and St Brendan’s Well.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: North Loadstone and Pavillion.

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