Maragheh observatory

The Maragheh observatory, also spelled Maragha, Maragah, Marageh, and Maraga, was an astronomical established in the mid 13th century under the patronage of the Ilkhanid Hulagu and the directorship of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, a Persian scientist and astronomer.
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  • Type: Observatory
  • Description: observatory in Maragheh, Iranian national heritage site
  • Also known as: “Marag‘a rasadxonasi”, “Marag‘a Rasadxonasi”, “Marag’a rasadxonasi”, “Marag’a Rasadxonasi”, “Marag`a rasadxonasi”, “Marag`a Rasadxonasi”, “Maragha Observatory”, “Maraghah Observatory”, “Maragheh Observatory”, “Maragʻa Rasadxonasi”, “رصدخانهٔ مراغه”, “マーガレット・M・ジャコビー天文台”, and “マラーガ天文台”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Maragheh Petroglyph Museum and Maragheh railway station.

Museum
Photo: داود مجتهدی, Public domain.
is situated 3 km southeast of Maragheh observatory.

Railway station
Photo: Hosseinronaghi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 3 km southeast of Maragheh observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taleb Khan and Nova.

Village
is a village in Sarajuy-ye Gharbi Rural District of the Central District in , province, .

Village
is a village in Sarajuy-ye Gharbi Rural District of the Central District in , province, . is situated 2½ km northeast of Maragheh observatory.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in the Central District of , province, , serving as capital of both the county and the district. is on the bank of the river Sufi Chay.

Maragheh observatory

Latitude
37.39586° or 37° 23′ 45″ north
Longitude
46.20928° or 46° 12′ 33″ east
Height
10 metres (33 feet)
Roof shape
dome
Open location code
8H9896W5+8P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 474626923
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­observatory
Wiki­data ID
Q2461462
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Maragheh observatory” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مرصد مراغة”
  • Armenian: “Մարաղայի աստղադիտարան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Marağa rəsədxanası”
  • Catalan: “Observatori de Maragha”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕوانگەی مەراغە”
  • Chinese: “馬拉蓋天文台”
  • Chinese: “馬拉蓋天文臺”
  • Dutch: “Maragheh observatory”
  • Dutch: “Maragheh-observatorium”
  • French: “Observatoire de Maragheh”
  • Indonesian: “Observatorium Maragheh”
  • Italian: “osservatorio di Maragheh”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio di Maragheh”
  • Japanese: “マラーゲ天文台”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Maragha-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian: “Maragha-observatoriet”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه مراغه”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório de Maraga”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório de Maragha”
  • Russian: “Марагинская обсерватория”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ماراغا رصدخاناسی”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio de Maraghe”
  • Swedish: “Maragha-observatoriet”
  • Tajik: “Расадхонаи Мароға”
  • Turkish: “Meraga Gözlemevi”
  • Turkish: “Meraga Rasathanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія Мараге”
  • Urdu: “رصدگاہ مراغہ”
  • Uzbek: “Maragʻa rasadxonasi”
  • Welsh: “Arsyllfa Maragheh”
  • Western Panjabi: “رصدگاہ مراغہ”

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